Head of Merchandising ( Brand assortment) Europe

Triumph is one of the world’s largest intimate apparel companies. It enjoys a presence in over 80 countries with the core brands Triumph® and sloggi®.

Globally, the company serves 20,000 wholesale customers and sells its products in more than 2,300 controlled points of sale as well as via several own online shops.

The Triumph Group is a member of the amfori Business Social Compliance Initiative (amfori BSCI).

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Our Brand Department in Bad Zurzach (Switzerland) is looking for a

Head of Merchandising ( Brand assortment) Europe

m / f / d) (100%)

The role leads a best-in-class brand merchandising assortment organization to strongly influence and contribute to profitable revenue and healthy Brand equity.

It is responsible for driving best practices and synergies to develop the function, assortment guideline processes and tools throughout Europe.

Your Responsibilities :

• Taking ownership of Core Assortment Vision and Central Guidelines across the channels to inspire and direct Full Price Strategy for Wholesale and Omnichannel towards growth
• Closely collaborating with Channels, building mandatory core assortments to represent the Brand promise on the market, and to embody the Service Leader mission within Triumph Europe region
• Building together with marketing and design team the seasonal Marketing Calendar reflecting in-season concepts, consumer key stories;

and commercial opportunities

• Building category plan which continuously provide opportunities and sources of growth
• Driving the budget process in collaboration with Sales Department, and delivering against the Corporate and Business Unit KPI’s and Targets
• Briefing the product team about target per category, commercial opportunities, space allocation, and influence product range to make sure consumer stories can be delivered
• Continuously implement and drive the brand positioning and values across the business and within the organization
• Developing the Team which effectively stimulates the wider organisation to follow a Brand Led Culture, aligning all Areas of the Triumph Value Chain

Your Ideal Profile :

• You have acquired solid experience as a Merchandiser or Category manager, ideally in Retail industry at European or Global level
• You possess proven track record of leadership, including managing complex and multifaceted teams effectively as well as cross functional co-operation abilities
• You possesss exceptional comprehension of consumer shopping behavior and competitive dynamics
• You can demonstrate strategic thinking and a commercial mindset, with the ability to envision the broader business landscape
• You are strongly motivated and results-oriented, with a keen understanding of financial principles and a focus on setting and achieving key performance indicators
• You have a proactive, problem-solving mindset with a practical and hands-on approach to challenges
• You have excellent command of English language, profiiency in other alaguages is a plus

Why should you join us?

• You will have an opportunity to work for a market leader
• You will join an international and multicultural working environment
• You will have the opportunity of development in the Fashion industry
• You will benefit from the hybrid working policy of the company

You will never walk alone

As a family-owned business with more than 135 years of experience, Triumph embraces diversity throughout our global organisation.

Currently, our offices are present in over 40 countries across Europe and Asia, from Norway to Morocco and from Chile to Australia, having many international teams collaborate together every day.

Guiding our corporate behaviours are respect and value for our employees, but also Collaboration as one of our key Corporate Competencies, being a core part of our every day working environment.

Make a Difference, together

The future belongs to our children. At Triumph, we want to be proud of our commitment to building a sustainable society and protecting the environment, and we work every day to ensure our products are manufactured in a sustainable way.

This is our vision : We want to be a company that is characterised by responsible leadership and consideration for future generations and that cares for the legacy that we leave behind to our children.

Putting People at the centre

At Triumph we are committed to our employees, they represent the foundation for our success. This means that as a company, we are driven to offer great career opportunities in a dynamic fast-paced organisation.

Our HR function across the globe strives to support our employees in their development, through our Triumph Learning Academy

We continuously strive to recruit new talent, offering them one of the textile industry’s most international working environments, excellent conditions and great development opportunities in a company still owned and managed by the founding families.

Our headquarters employs people from more than 30 nationalities and as a European company, we are present in many key markets in Europe, like Germany, Italy, France and growing in Eastern Europe.

We are proud to have become one of the leading players in Asia very early on, in countries like Japan, China and Singapore, as well as being an employer that people aspire to work for.

As a company serving women, we fundamentally believe in gender equality and diversity. Women make up more than 50% of our company’s workforce.

In the last years, we have had a specific and successful drive to increase the number of women in management.

Triumph is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.

If you are seeking a great opportunity to develop your career, please send us your CV in English by clicking on Apply.