Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Operates as a senior business manager with Merchandising Manager, delivering profitable departments irrespective of fluctuating tends.
• Operates as a strategic business manager, overseeing the teams and their processes, demonstrating best practise.
• Demonstrate creative product and trend knowledge, strong range building skills to support team
• Analyses trading patterns, advises teams and ensures appropriate action is taken to unforeseen sales reactions.
• Identifies promotional / marketing opportunities for ASOS and manage the process.
• Demonstrates views on current key trade activity that potentially impacts the company / brand.
• Guides teams and agrees department strategies.
• Operates an effective / timely product sign off process, appropriate for product lead-time.
• Develops a sound supply policy for the brand, striving for consistent best practice partnerships.
• Foresees future weaknesses / needs and suggests possible solutions.
• Offer advice and helps find solutions to the wide range of issues encountered by the teams – acts as trouble-shooter. 
• Builds a strong team with a focus on growing future talent.
• Provides positive leadership supporting brand / company policy / strategy and encourages others to do so.
• Develops skills of the team – identifies individual training needs as well as encourages effective teamwork.
• Deals with any people issues promptly and appropriately.
• Motivates team – gives recognition and praise.
• Pre-empts the need for, and manages change – supporting teams throughout process.