Junior Merchandiser

With more than 270 shops in Italy, Spain and Portugal AW LAB is a laboratory of “urban sport style” trends that offers to its customers the coolest products of the moment, suggesting and inspiring them in creating their own style. Since opening its first store in 1997, with the name of Athletes World, AW LAB is part of the Bata group, world leader in the footwear industry, with over 5,000 stores in more than 100 countries. AW LAB proposes a wide collection of sneakers of the most famous international sport brands and a wide range of exclusive designs created in collaboration with them. The proposal is completed by a collection of apparel and accessories of the leading sportswear brand and by two private clothing labels.

In this moment of great emphasis on organisational development, Bata Spain and AW LAB Spain would like to include in their HR Management Department a professional to take care of the HR Management processes of the Spanish employees.

In Spain AW LAB is experiencing a period of great development of its network of direct shops and franchises.

**Posizione**:
**MAIN ACTIVITIES**:

- Support the review and maximize product flow based on the latest trends and assumptions to ensure the best assortment for stores
- Support in the appropriate quantitative distribution of merchandise based on store performance
- Support working with Store Operation department and Area Manager in analyzing store performance and planning visits to markets and stores
- Work with the Planning and Store Operation department to suggest and set up the correct markdown campaign and promotions
- Support the management of the reverse logistic process steps for commercial returns
- Support the management of end-of-season returns and the management of old merchandise to ensure its proper distribution in the outlet or stock jobber network
- Collaborate with purchasing and marketing department to plan and implement marketing campaign

**Requisiti**:

- Competent in Microsoft Office and well skilled on Excel
- Analytic and numeric competencies
- Good English knowledge
- Advantage to know additional languages
- Team Player
- Planning, Organizing and Result Orientation
- Problem Solving
- Initiative/Entrepreneur

**Altre informazioni**:
**WORK LOCATION**:

- Limena (PD)
- Possibility of working in Smart Working for part of the week after an initial on-site training period