Senior Manager – Merchandising Jobs at Brandix in Colombo ,Sri Lanka

About Brandix

At Brandix, a pioneer in Sri Lanka’s Apparel industry, we develop, manufacture and market end to end apparel solutions for world renowned brands. With a purpose to deliver Inspired Solutions through Inspired People, we have a team of over 60,000 people across nine countries including India, Bangladesh, Haiti and the United Kingdom. On a journey to be the most sustainable apparel manufacturer in the region, Brandix embeds real change across every point of our operations as we care for our planet and the communities in which we serve. In Sri Lanka, we are honored to have been adjudged ‘Exporter of the Year’ for the 7th consecutive time at the Presidential Export Awards 2020/21. We are also proud to share that our plant in Batticaloa was recognized as the world’s first Net Zero Carbon Apparel Manufacturing facility in 2019. To learn more about us and our 50-year long journey please visit www.brandix.com.

Key purpose of the Job

The Senior Manager – Merchandising is responsible for leading achievement of the Product Development (PD) objectives for one or more customers / product categories within the SBU. Oversees the entire PD process, including customer order forecasting, sample development, order costing, customer negotiations, strategic PD initiatives, etc., to meet the OTD, sales, profitability, LRP and CRI objectives.  Leads the SBU Development team (Category Development Leads / PD Merchandisers).​ ​

Key Responsibilities:

1.Lead formulation of the Product Development (PD) objectives and implementation plans for the SBU Customers / Categories
2. Drive synergies with the internal marketing teams (SBU / Group) and CFTs for achievement of the OTD, Sales and Profitability objectives
3. Manage effective customer relationships for realization of the strategic PD deliverables, including LRP execution, new business development, CRI, etc.
4. Lead the Development team for the SBU Customer / Category.

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