Job Opportunity // Store Commercial with LC Waikiki

September 19, 2019

Job Opportunity // Store Commercial with LC Waikiki

Our member LC Waikiki is looking for a Store Commercial person to be based in Mombasa.

As a Store Commercial; you will work closely with HQ merchandising and commercial teams. You will also conduct qualitative and quantitative researches.

This will help the company understand the insights of the customer and provide input to collection design, product allocation, replenishment, and budgeting process.

About LC Waikiki

LC Waikiki Retail Company is a leading fashion retail company with a turnover of $ 3 billion. LC Waikiki’s journey started in France in 1988, continuing after 1997 as a Turkish brand under the umbrella of LC Waikiki Mağazacılık Hizmetleri Ticaret A.Ş.

Today LC Waikiki trades in around 954 stores in 46 countries, with the company’s philosophy that “Everyone Deserves to Dress Well” enabling people to enjoy accessible fashion through quality products at affordable prices.

There are nearly 3000 people working at LC Waikiki’s corporate office, more than 42,000 people in Turkey and abroad.

LC Waikiki aims to be one of the 3 most successful ready-made clothing brands in Europe by 2023.

Job Description:

Observing, investigating and finding out the customer expectations, needs, preferences, style, shopping motivations of customers, understanding the insight of different ‘personas’,
Performing customer segmentation for his/her store according to their clothing styles,
Analyzing sales rankings to promote the correct merchandise and implementing visual merchandising activities to increase the sales potential to achieve maximum sales,
Determining the ideal product mix of his/her store that fits perfectly to the periodical and occasional requirements,
Following up the current trends to forecast the sales potential,
Exploring, analyzing, determining and demanding the ideal product mix that should be in his/her store,
Cooperate with HQ merchandising team,
Evaluating and giving points (RANKS) to the future collections in terms of suitability of his/her store’s customer needs, expectations/preferences.

Required Qualifications:

Education and Language Skills

BS / BA Degree is a plus
Advanced English (written & verbal)

Professional Expertise

Fashion Retail experience or enthusiastic in marketing/ fashion retail career
Passionate for Fashion & Trends
Curious and ambitious to understand the customer insight
Excellent customer service experience
Strong track record of commerciality
Having strong analytical and reasoning skills
Results-oriented and consistently showing your ability to develop yourself
Agile and Able to adapt change at ease
Having an ability to work in a matrix organization
Exceptional communicator with great interpersonal skills and a passion for teamwork
Strong with numbers as well as visual merchandising skills (the perfect balance between creative and analytical)
Strong initiative and self-motivation