Merchandising Manager

Are you obsessed with data, partner success, taking action, and changing the game? If you have a whole lot of hustle and a touch of nerd, come work with Pattern and use your skills to push the one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S. to the top of the list

Pattern is a leading ecommerce accelerator located in the Silicon Slopes tech hub in Utah, with offices in Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and North America. We are one of the fastest growing companies in the Inc. 5000 with over $400M in 2020 revenues and are already profitable. Some of the biggest consumer brands like Nestle, Sylvania, Kong, Panasonic, Sorel, Skullcandy, and Popsockets trust Pattern with their business. Pattern recruits talent from top tech companies including Amazon, Apple, Google, eBay, Oracle, and Adobe and hires the best of the best.

The Merchandise Planning Manager will own assigned ecommerce territory and product planning across the Asia Pacific Region. This position is responsible for utilizing analytical skills to make data-driven decisions which support buying, planning, and replenishment best practices. The Merchandise Planning Manager is based in Singapore and will work collaboratively with the Operations, Sales, and Finance departments at Pattern in creating demand plans to achieve Pattern's strategic, financial, and distribution goals.

**What does a Merchandising Manager do at Pattern?**
- Leads special projects that drive growth, inventory productivity improvements, space and margin optimization
- Manages end-to-end demand planning and allocation optimization, including in-stock and service levels for assigned departments
- Builds bottoms-up plans by territory and channel to align with financial plan based on merchant insights, sell-thru data, historical trend, and seasonal initiatives
- Informs segmented assortment strategies using quantitative market analysis
- Partners with Ecommerce Manager, Finance, and Product Teams to achieve APAC revenue and margin targets
- Provides seasonal planning guidance to Merchandising and Product Management through volume demand and SKU efficiency analysis
- Ensures regional category merchandising plans align with their respective financial plan for all APAC region
- Identifies demand forecast risks and develop effective mitigation plans
- Creates and communicates new item and ad item forecasts to vendors and merchandising partners
- Supports the leadership team by presenting within various meetings for the company (i.e. Marketing meetings, Assortment Reviews, Open-To-Buy, Vendor, Quarterly Business Reviews and other meetings)
- Manages high-levels of inventory in-stock using data backed solutions to reduce stock outs while controlling capital usage
- Fosters brand relationships through prompt communication and managing orders weekly
- Runs excel models to understand data trends, provide brand forecasts, and implement solutions to better manage inventory supply

**What will I need to thrive in this role?**
- Bachelor's degree
- Mandarin and English language fluency
- 8-10 years of merchandise planning experience
- Advanced Tableau and Microsoft Excel skills
- Multi-channel functionality in two or more APAC markets
- Experience in ecommerce or retail sales analysis
- Strong cross functional collaboration required
- Deep analytical skills and ability to clearly communicate analysis to broad audience
- Sound Organizational skills and the ability to juggle multiple priorities and deadlines
- Experience in product forecasting, statistical modeling and/or strategic planning

**What is Pattern about?**

At Pattern, we are

Data Fanatics: Our edge is always found in the data

Partner Obsessed: We put our partners first

Team of Doers: We have a bias for action

Game Changers: We encourage innovation

**Why should I work at Pattern?**

Pattern offers big opportunities to make a difference in the ecommerce accelerator industry We are a company full of talented industry experts that evolves quickly and often, we set big goals and work tirelessly to achieve them, and we love our Pattern family. We also believe in having fun and balancing our lives, so we offer awesome benefits that include
- Paid Holidays and Sick Leave
- Company Paid Providence Fund
- Casual Dress Code
- Competitive Pay
- Medical Insurance

**What is the hiring process?**
- One phone or video interview with Pattern's talent acquisition team
- One or two onsite interviews with a panel of department leaders

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