Sr. Manager, Merchandising Operations & GTM - ROW

at  Crocs Inc Global Jobs

Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) is a world leader in innovative casual footwear for men, women and children. The company offers several distinct shoe collections with more than 300 four-season footwear styles. All Crocs™ shoes feature Croslite™ material, a proprietary, revolutionary technology that gives each pair of shoes the soft, comfortable, lightweight, non-marking and odor-resistant qualities that Crocs wearers know and love. Crocs fans “Get Crocs Inside” every pair of shoes, from the iconic clog to new sneakers, sandals, boots and heels. Since its inception in 2002, Crocs has sold more than 200 million pairs of shoes in more than 90 countries around the world.

INTRODUCTION ON THE ROLE:

The Sr. Manager, Merchandising Operations & GTM will lead the regional team that is responsible for developing and communicating all merchandising GTM milestones for (Rest of World) ROW, delivering operational effectiveness to drive the end-to-end product to market process.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

• Manage the regional merchandising process for ROW region and own the milestone calendar for Go-To-Market (GTM). This includes intersections with Global Merchandising, Regional Marketing, and Regional Planning along the path to seasonal sell-in, ensuring Regional Merch is fully on top of deliverable tasks and deadlines.
• Support and influence both distributors (EMEA, LATAM) and direct regional markets (EU+India) with right and aligned process, tools and information to achieve seasonal targets.
• Lead the merchandise initial planning with channel directors to define range framework.
• Develop and standardize process across all channels: range plan, pricing, margin, regional assortment.
• Develop range planning in partnership with channel leads.
• Analyze historical data, current trends, financial risks to identify risks and opportunities.
• Lead pricing process and align with Finance for margin calculation.
• Manage and communicate on timely manner for product range database and system maintenance for one source of range data .
• SMU end to end process: Lead and drive the communication and alignment for SMU between regional and global.
• Co-lead with Senior Director for any merchandising relevant projects and drive continuous improvements for team.
• Track progress against milestones and report on-time delivery to functional leaders.
• Conduct milestone hindsight to find opportunities for improvement and conduct root cause analysis where necessary when objectives are missed.