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Salomon was born in **** in the heart of the French Alps and the birthplace of modern alpinism.
At Salomon, we're all about pushing boundaries and living life to the fullest.
As a leading outdoor sports brand, we design performance-driven gear that empowers adventurers around the world.
Through performance-driven design, Salomon delivers innovation and progression to mountain sports; converting new ideas into action and expanding the limits of possibility.
Salomon's heritage, culture, and commitment are tied together by one simple concept: the world's leading mountain people creating the world's leading mountain products.
The Role:
Due to internal promotions and the rapid growth of our brand in ANZ, we have created the role of Merchandise Manager-Sportstyle.
The role has full end-to-end accountability for the category and is central to translating the Brand & Merchandising vision into market-ready assortments that resonate with consumers, drive profitable growth, and strengthen the brand's competitive positioning.
Day-to-day responsibilities include:
Define and implement the long-term category strategy by sub-sport and channel, ensuring alignment with global brand direction and local market needs
Own the end-to-end category strategy development for all Key Accounts and D2C channels, including full responsibility for assortment planning
Establish clear range architecture that balances innovation, consumer demand, and commercial viability
Lead the full seasonal planning process, including financial planning, range selection, pricing, volume forecasting, and lifecycle management
Ensure assortments are optimised for profitability, consumer relevance, and channel differentiation, driving cross-functional alignment on seasonal launch calendars for maximum impact in-market
End-to-end ownership of GTM processes for the category
Own the translation of consumer, competitor, and marketplace insights into actionable category strategies
Act as the key liaison between global Merchandising teams and local sales/marketing functions, facilitating market feedback and sell-through insights
Own category-specific inputs to review demand & supply KPIs in-line with category commercial objectives
Develop advanced reporting dashboards and tools to monitor assortment efficiency, sell-through, and profitability
Skills and Experience:
Demonstrated experience in Category Merchandising/Management within Sporting Goods/Sports Lifestyle or Fashion Industries
Commercial & Financial planning capabilities within an Omni-channel business model.
Including Gross Sales, Net Sales, Gross Margin & planning/forecasting experience with ability to translate into actionable merchandise strategies
Go-to-Market (GTM) leadership – experience in leading an end-to-end GTM process
Merchandise Manager / Category Management experience essential – Range/Assortment planning, Distribution, pricing, etc.
Highly developed knowledge and understanding of Market, Consumer and Competitor insights within the ANZ Sporting Goods market, Outdoor and Sports Lifestyle Segment.
Experience are preferable
SoWhat'son Offer:
A fantastic opportunity to join a company that combines your skills and passions
The ability to make the role your own and grow this performing category
Great benefits across all brand's products
Dynamic culture with the ability to develop your career
Grow with Amer – Our ANZ footprint is rapidly expanding as we continue to be successful within the market
Equal Opportunity
Amer Sports is committed to actively creating and fostering a culture of inclusivity where voices are heard, people are seen, and values are respected.
We care about the uniqueness of our applicants, employees, and guests, and we do so in a safe space fuelled by curiosity and acceptance.
All applicants, employees, and guests can expect equality of opportunity and fair treatment in alignment with our values.
Please apply by sending your CV and cover letter today
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