Al Futtaim Jobs - Brand Coordinator| Kate Spade | Dubai (Dubai, AE)

Job Requisition ID: [[75842]] 

No two days are the same at Al-Futtaim, no matter what role you have. Our work is driven by the desire to make a difference and to have a meaningful impact with the goal of enriching everyday lives. Take our engaging and supportive work environment and couple it with a company culture that recognises and rewards quality performance, and what do you get? The chance to push the limits every single day.

 

As a humble family business that started on the banks of the Dubai Creek in the 1930s, Al-Futtaim has expanded to a presence in 31 countries, a portfolio of over 200 companies, and 42,000 employees. You’ll find us in industries ranging from automotive and retail, to finance and real estate, and connecting people with international names like Lexus, Ikea, Robinsons, and Adidas. Our team is proudly multicultural and multinational because that kind of diverse representation gives us the global mindset to grow and impact the people, markets, and trends around us.

 

Come join us to live well, work better, and be the best.

ROLE PURPOSE:

The Brand Coordinator executes and manages the activities of the brand, classification or key programs, depending on scope and complexity. To provide support in order to achieve company’s key objectives on sales, margins, stock levels and to assist the Brand Manager in ensuring that an effective plan is in place both in terms of service level and cost efficiencies in accordance to changing business circumstances.

 

KEY ROLE SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITIES: Specify the output required from the role. It is recommended to identify not more than 6-8 key tasks and their performance indicators. NB – Focus on outcomes not tasks.

Sales Performance Update

• Update the Daily EOD for assigned Market
• Regular Update Of Wtd, Mtd, Std And Ytd Store/Brand Performance
• Monitors SAP and WINPOS sale accuracy and coordinates for a corrective solution if required
• Weekly replenishment report of Non-Merchandise requirements of stores
• Provide weekly bestseller and slow seller reports and category mix reports vs LY
• Consolidate and verify defective products raised by stores and communicate to the Brand
• Weekly sales report with pictures

Shipment

• Shipment coordination from the principal, SCM forwarder, and logistics
• Article Creation in SAP, pricing in SAP, PO creation in SAP, STO creation in SAP & Monitoring of GRN POs
• Coordination with Accounts for the payment process
• PR and PO creation of Non-merchandise items in ARIBA
• Maintaining tracker of PO, payments, and STO for stock allocations

Reports

• Weekly Managers report
• Stocks and Sale Analysis (WTD, MTD, STD, YTD)
• Weekly Store Performance report
• Brand Presentation preparation such as Trade presentation, STD presentation
• Planning and Budget update and monitoring
• Product performance analysis report and season product performance reports
• Data capture consolidation on a monthly basis
• Events monitoring performance
• Concession reports such as sale and stock performance including promotion coordination

Marketing and promotion

• Prepares Sell though reports for thorough understanding for brand strategy
• Pricing Strategy implementation for BM, Planning and Managing Director’s approval
• Price update and monitoring
• Update on Markdown tool
• Monitoring and Coordination with stores re stock take/Physical inventory requirements
• Coordination of supplies allocation to stores
• Adjustment of stock related discrepancies coordinated with P&C
• Other tasks that may be assigned from time to time
• Buy in the monitoring of new categories for the brand such as perfume and watches
• Damages, Uniform and Marketing monitoring for all stores in assigned markets

Collaboration

• Support store team to build a good relationship to work smoothly and efficiently. In addition, feedback from these visits to be shared to drive actions and improve the business
• Continued communication and collaboration with all departments, from VM, to Planning and beyond, to better understand business requirements
• Coordination with Brand principal for new requirements and current season update

PERSON SPECIFIC:

Education:

• Bachelor Degree or equivalent preferred

Minimum Experience and Knowledge: 

• 3-5 years’ experience in a similar role

Job-Specific/Technical Skills required to complete the tasks:

• Must be proactive, self-motivated, and career-focused

• Good verbal & written communication skills in addition to strong MS Office skills

• Multi-tasker at a deadline-driven environment

• Knowledge of basic merchandising, planning, and the retail industry

• Able to utilize a systematic approach to planning and prioritizing activities

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