Lead Merchandise Planning, Japan & South Korea

This role ensures the right products reach the right channels, tiers, accounts, and stores at the right time and price. It builds Apparel, Accessories, and Footwear assortments by developing and implementing the global brand strategy and gaining customer insights through close collaboration with wholesale partners. The role leads forecasting and uses new data-analysis tools, turning findings into short-term actions and long-term product strategies.

• Cover all categories: Apparel, Accessories and Footwear for all genders, requiring a holistic head-to-toe assortment approach.
• Work closely with the Japan and South Korea local sales teams to develop assortments and seasonal forecasts for strategic key accounts and account channels.
• Participate regularly in external meetings with accounts.
• Work closely with marketing campaign teams to align product launch dates with marketing efforts.
• Contribute to the collection pricing architecture and optimise the effect of full-price sales through competitor price mapping and price adjustments with the pricing team.
• Understand the markets and consumer targets, as well as fashion and performance competencies and those of competitors.

• 6 years' experience, with a minimum of 3 years in a merchandising or merchandise planning role.
• Strong track record of business results from previous roles.
• Experience developing distribution strategy while keeping consumers, accounts, and sales teams front of mind.
• Analytical, data-driven mindset with a clear focus on results.
• Strong communicator and presenter to diverse internal and external audiences.
• Full business proficiency in Japanese and English.
• Full business proficiency in Korean and English.

• Business results experience preferably within Merchandising, Retail, Product Management, and Business Analytics.

• Dynamic, challenging and sportive environment.
• International team with offices across the globe.
• Active environment where everyone thrives for excellence and can achieve their full potential.
• Hands-on work that matters, with team members among the very best in their respective disciplines and fields.
• Ranked as the 'fastest growing sports company' of its time.