QEELIN - Merchandising Manager

About us Qeelin fine jewellery - a playful fusion of Chinese symbolism and modernity. Since Qeelin’s founding in 2004, every piece of jewellery has carried rich cultural connotation, reinterpreting traditional symbols with stylish designs intended for daily wear, infusing new life and contemporary meaning to Chinese heritage. Named after the Qilin, an auspicious Chinese mythical animal and icon of love, Qeelin fuses unbridled creativity with excellence in craftsmanship. It brings a touch of playfulness and surprise into the world of fine jewellery. The brand’s iconic Wulu collection revisits the legendary Chinese gourd, an auspicious emblem in Chinese tradition. Qeelin is part of the global Luxury group Kering. To cope with business growth, we are currently looking for talent with creative mind-set to join us.

ROLE

This role covers end to end merchandising and planning scope, He/she will be taking single point of ownership to ensure the team is driving and delivering brand Goals and merchandising objectives and Initiatives. He/she will be closely collaborating with brand functions (Sales, marketing, supply chain, Finance).

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE

Merchandising

• Lead the merchandising function to develop, integrate and provide supports into forecasting exercise for all market/channel of global business.
• Driving alignment across multiple functions (regional merchandising, marketing, supply chain and product management) to ensure key new novelty launching milestones.
• Lead and providing product performance analysis to top management and product management to shape and steer the direction of product development.
• Define global price based on alignment and understanding with Product management team with considering market trend, competitor benchmark, cost various, and exchange rate index.

Planning

• Manage and provide yearly global merchandising and procurement plan align with the budget and target of brand.
• Manage monthly global OTB through S&OP cycle with consolidation from all markets, to meet the landing inventory and stock turn target, then provide final monthly procurement plan to supply chain.  
• Decide order fulfillment priority according to stock and sales in regions.
• Manage and instruct relocation between regions to accelerate sales of high value jewelries.

WHO YOU ARE

• Bachelor’s Degree or above
• At least 7 years of relevant professional experience or equivalent, preferably with retail/merchandise planning experience in jewelry or fashion industry with solid work experience in retail business
• With Track record in successfully leading projects with important change components
• Experience in project management, defining and managing processes, and leading transversal projects are appreciated
• Strong business acumen with outstanding analytical as well as problem solving skills.
• Multi-tasking, well-organized, attention to details, data-drive, dedicated, pro-active and being a self-starter
• Computer literate with excellent knowledge and hands-on experience in Excel, PowerPoint and other MS Office applications.
• Be able to work under pressure and unpredictable occurrence
• Good command of both spoken and written English and Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin)
• Excellent communication skill and interpersonal skills
• Immediate available would be an advantage

WHY WORK FOR US ?

Unique opportunity to be working in Hong Kong under the headquarter office, and to strategically be a fashion-forwarder with new ideas and initiatives to be implemented globally. Talent development is a managerial principle, promoting entrepreneurial spirit for highly empowered teams. We want to cultivate a “startup” mindset where business agility is key to our fast paced development, and where every employee can reach their full potential in a stimulating and fulfilling workplace environment.