Our Group is looking for young and dynamic staff members to add to the current team in Hong Kong.

The candidate for the position of Junior Footwear Merchandiser should have the following characteristic:

• Drive results across multiple brands, products and strategies.
• Support the team, proactive attitude to achieve results and blend well in with the team in Italy and Hong Kong.
• Support in managing the areas of sourcing, costing and pricing. Ensure our products meet expected standards and are at a cost to achieve profitability goals.
• Develop new sourcing relationships for different products category and new products range in cooperation with the design center and clients requests.
• Manage the area of cross quotation and introduce new opportunities with new factories and new products that can positively affect our Group's brands.
• Controlling the processes flows, deadlines of productions and quality of the supply chain network.
• Communicate business initiatives, strategies and on-going day to day activities updates for staff and management, both in Hong Kong and in Italy.
• Provide discipline, balance and inspiration within the team to ensure both the sourcing processes are synergized and focus is on overall results.
• Participate as a member of the Team led by the group general sourcing manager and create good relationship with members in the headquarter.

Skills/Qualifications:

• 2-4 years experience in a similar merchandising position in sport and fashionwear.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes including, development, production and quality is necessary. Must have strong organizational skills, attention to detail and ability to handle multiple priorities. Ability to think big-picture, anticipates problems, plan and implement corrective actions.
• Excellent Inter-Personal Skills, Good Planning Skills and knowledge of the group’s sourcing calendar for production, Brand and Market Knowledge, Presentation Skills, Positive Behavior and with a Proactive/Independent work skills.
• Willing to travel abroad.
• Professional English Skills, fluent in Chinese and Cantonese, Italian is consider a plus.
• Good computer skills and use of the basic Office software and internet navigation.

*Interested parties, please send full resume with current & expected salary in Word or PDF Format ONLY to email: wong@basic.net ; merlone@basic.net

BasicNet Asia Ltd. is a Hong Kong register company part of the BasicNet Group listed in the Milan stock exchange and owner of numerous brands in the leisure, sport and fashionwear sectors.

BasicNet Asia Ltd. is active in the development of the group own trademarks in the Asia-Pacific area and focus on the expansion of its own network of sourcing partners throw out this region.

As headed by BasicNet S.p.A. – the sector parent company headquartered in Turin and publicly quoted in Italy, the Group is a major participant in the sector of branded leisurewear and sportswear with a collection of market-leading registered trademarks, including Kappa®, Robe di Kappa®, K-Way®, Superga®, Jesus Jeans®, Briko® and Sebago®.

The activity pursued by the Group unfolds into growing the value of its registered trademarks and proliferating branded product market positions through a global network of independent licensees.