Having been founded in 2017, we\'re the fastest-growing eyewear company in the Middle East. We have a clear mission here, and that is to provide access to quality eyewear at unmatched value by creating and curating the right designs for the region. We believe that everyone should be able to express themselves authentically and confidently\xe2\x80\x94and we\'re on the way to making that happen! Fast forward to today and we have a retail footprint of 55+ stores across four countries (KSA, UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait) as well as already becoming the largest online eyewear retailer in our space. It\'s been a phenomenal journey so far, with more than 650 employees who embody our core values of Integrity, Ownership, Boldness and Optimism, it\xe2\x80\x99s what has allowed us to scale at this pace and culminated in us being a certified \xe2\x80\x98Great Place to Work 2023\xe2\x80\x99 across all of our offices. Our people are our strength, and we have a team of diverse (49% female, 31+ different nationalities), smart thinkers who are encouraged to think creatively and empowered to turn their ideas into actions. To support this growth, we are looking for intelligent, ambitious, and confident individuals that can bring fresh and innovative thinking to eyewa and play a part in driving the company forward on its truly exciting journey. We are currently recruiting for a Retail Merchandiser to be based in the UAE as part of the growth of our Commercial team. Responsibilities:

• Monitoring stock movements and analyzing sales figures, trends, regional variations, customer requirements and purchasing behavior to accurately forecast future sales and thus stock requirements & achieving an agreed sell-thru for the season
• Monitoring stock ageing, sell through & zero movement items and preparing reports based on sales
• Review stores and create reports on ERP such as daily stock reports, stock mix, MTD/YTD growth and managing stock take/ perpetual inventory reports
• Monitoring and setting min-max for newness and stock aging liquidation plan to execute when needed
• Analysing every aspect of the best and worst sellers and the previous season\'s sales and reporting on the current season\'s products
• Optimize the volume and profitability of product categories
• Gather information relating to customer reaction towards the products
• Preparation of merchandise plans and other Information required for product range presentations and reviews for the Brand team
• Report competition\xe2\x80\x99s offerings and analysing opportunities to the Brand team

Requirements

• Over 3 years experience in a similar role at a large retail organization
• Must be an Excel expert. Experience working with ERPs is preferred but not a must
• Excellent communication skills and attention to detail
• Proven experience communicating with cross-border teams
• Ability to meet critical deadlines

If you are successful, what we can offer is a high learning environment, no day is the same, challenges keep coming with the ability to grow and develop your personal skill set working alongside some of the most talented people in the industry. Having been certified Great Place to Work, we feel we also have a special culture and environment that we have managed to retain even though we have scaled at a frenetic pace. Our mission is clear, we want to help people and do it the right way by building a healthy, sustainable business that will become one of the most loved and well-known homegrown brands in the region. If you think you are right for this role - please apply #Teameyewa!