Job Description

Company Description

At ASICS we pride ourselves on being the product experts and creating exceptional customer experiences and representing a high-performance culture and performance mindset, focused on accountability, fairness and celebrating the intrinsic feeling from personal success.

Job Description

ASICS has an exciting opportunity to join our Planning Department as Senior Wholesale Merchandise Planner! Reporting to the Head of Planning, this role will be responsible for enabling Wholesale Channel growth by planning future Sales, Margin and Inventory requirements for the ASICS Oceania Wholesale business.

This role can be based out of our North-West Sydney or Melbourne office.

Qualifications

So, what goes into making that happen?

• Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders across Wholesale, Sales, Product, Marketing and Supply Chain.
• Forecast sell out, intake and margin for an established group of customers in the Wholesale channel and ensure that the business has an actionable merchandise plan to achieve forecasted sales targets.
• Drive trade results; utilise sell out information to provide visibility on sales success to the end consumer within the ASICS Oceania business.
• Develop 3-5 year growth plans for major Wholesale accounts.
• Utilise Sell Out information to provide actionable proposals to Reps and Key Wholesale Accounts, to enable improved sell out to the end consumer.
• Continually evolve and improve planned information provided to the business to continue growing the Wholesale channel.
• Reporting and analysis.

In return, we offer:

• A permanent opportunity with a market-leading global brand
• Salary + bonuses + 17.5% annual leave loading + paid parental leave
• Flexible hybrid work options using a ‘moments that matter’ way of working
• Convenient Marsden Park location in a new head office facility, closely connected to the M7, with ample free parking
• Wellbeing centred - Free onsite gym and personal training sessions, onsite physio available, wear sneakers to work, standing desks, desk breaks and wellness partner benefits!
• Generous staff discount – up to 25% off wholesale!
• A learning and development culture with personal access to LinkedIn Learning, ‘Move Your Mind’ learning sessions, study leave and targeted role-specific training
• A collaborative, supportive and high-performing team culture with career growth opportunities – we love promoting from within!
• Opportunities to give back through community and team events

That’s enough about us! Here’s what we hope to see from you:

• Prior experience in Merchandise Planning, ideally within a large global retailer
• Ability to communicate and influence commercially
• Established ability to drive sales results with an informed and strategic lens
• Advanced level Excel capabilities
• SAP experience desirable
• Ability to think strategically and identify key opportunities and improvements
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

Additional Information

ASICS is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, where everyone's ideas and contributions are respected. We are committed to engaging a diverse workforce, and our hiring decisions are made with the best candidate for the role at the forefront. We encourage people of all ages, abilities, and cultural backgrounds to apply to join our team.

ASICS is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, where everyones ideas and contributions are respected. We are committed to engaging a diverse workforce, and our hiring decisions are made with the best candidate for the role at the forefront. We encourage people of all ages, abilities, and cultural backgrounds to apply to join our team.