Demand and Supply Manager

at  Other Stories

Company Description
& Other Stories is a fashion brand offering women a wide range of shoes, bags, accessories, jewellery, lingerie, beauty products, stationary and ready-to-wear to create their personal style, or story. Our creative ateliers in Paris and Stockholm design diversified fashion collections with great attention to detail and quality at an affordable price.
We are looking for a Demand and Supply Manager, based in the Merchandisining Team in our APAC Region.
Job Description
As Demand and Supply Manager for APAC, you will drive efficient demand fulfilment, spurring sales growth. You will lead the Regional buying and offer key insights to collection selling and buying strategy. You guide demand planning, based on supply dynamics, stock levels, purchasing, and shape buying methods. You are an informal leader that strives to strengthen team and foster collaboration across channels, roles and functions, empowering strong collaboration and alignment between channels & teams to become more customer focused.

• Develop top-down view on Regional demand plan, stock and reduction cost targets in alignment with Regional commercial strategy and financial plan.
• Support APAC Commercial Manager & Head of Merchandising with actions on stock and sales development and update selling forecast based on commercial planning.
• Communicate updated forecasts with APAC Merchandising and Controller colleagues.
• Run analysis of garment group/concept growth potential to identify opportunities and recommend strategy in collaboration with Merchandising teams.
• Constantly explore and implement how to improve the field of buying and stock management in the APAC region.
• Develop Regional strategies and take actions for unwanted inventory to maximize selling and profitability together with Merchandising teams.
• Forecast, budget and follow up of reduction costs in collaboration with Commercial Merchandiser Manager and Regional Controller.
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