Amer Sports

Manager

• 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 optimized 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
• Owns 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

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