Merchandiser / Administrator (100%)

INA KESS is a Swiss luxury fashion brand for women. Our designs are a symbiosis of hyper-functional fabrics and strong, feminine designs, developed in our atelier in Switzerland, produced in Portugal and sold worldwide. Through our contemporary design approach, we offer a solution for daily wearing, breaking through the boundaries of purpose, need, or fit expectations.

We are currently looking for an analytical, experienced

**Merchandiser / Administrator (100%)**

Location: Wollerau, Switzerland

In this role you will play a vital part in supporting our purchasing and logistics operations, ensuring seamless processes from purchasing to stock coordination and execution of shipments.

**Your future responsibilities**:
Merchandiser:

- Allocation of a preset budget based on the derived data insights
- Issue and keep all purchase orders up to date at all times
- Where required, ensure raw material purchase order placement timely
- Review and check monthly bills from vendors, confirm billing with collecting invoices and PO/Payment process in ERP system
- Track orders placed, monitoring the production timeline of goods
- Manage the shipment/monitoring the progress of procured items, goods receipting all items once goods have been received

Data Analytics:

- Analysis of historical sales data and creation of forecasts for upcoming seasons. Generate insights that drive operational improvements and cost-saving initiatives and communicate it clearly
- Forecasting numbers by category, colour, size and style, by season and channel as a base for purchasing decisions
- Routinely present recommendations and other analysis to executive management related to driving short and long-term business goals
- Analysis of profit & loss and performance per sales channel on a monthly base

Stock Control:

- Regular stock analysis of our different stores and warehouses
- Process branch transfers to guarantee the correct amount of the styles, sizes and quantities are in the right location
- Participate in inventory management and cycle-counting activities
- Communicate with team on key out of stock and low stock levels in store
- Communicate with team when shipments are receipted into the business, such as core replenishment styles

**Your background and character**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Data Science or an equivalent
- Exceptional analytical skills; very sensitive to business figures/data
- 3+ years of experience in data analytics, logistics, or supply chain operations within the fashion / têxtile industry preferred
- Excellence with Excel
- Excellent communication skills, capable of delivering technical information to non-technical audiences with clarity.
- High energy, team oriented with a positive attitude and a hands-on mentality
- Comfortable workin independently and taking your own initiatives comes naturally
- Fluent in English (both written and spoken), German is a Plus

**Why INA KESS?**

We are an owner-managed company from Switzerland with flat hierarchies, a doer-mentality and great entrepreneurial freedom. We offer a dynamic, warm-hearted work environment with opportunities for growth and development as well as:
An international team of hands-on fashion people with love for what they do

Generous employee discount on the most comfortable clothes

Company events and perks for our INA KESS Animal Foundation throughout the year

**Job Type**: 100%

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Wollerau, SZ: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Application Deadline: 29/11/2023