Your mission
Support the implementation of the European Commercial merchandising strategy by aligning assortments with global product directives and preparing analytical inputs that strengthen brand heat, demand, and range efficiency.
Assist in coordinating seasonal GTM tasks by maintaining launch calendars, updating timelines, and ensuring smooth information flow between merchandising and category marketing teams.
Contribute to merchandising plan preparation by gathering relevant data, updating assortments, and compiling recommendations based on direction from Senior Managers and category leads.
Help adapt global assortments and guidelines to cluster‑level requirements by updating templates, maintaining product lists, and ensuring document and system accuracy.
Maintain and update regional price lists to ensure correct entries and alignment with global guidance across all systems.
Track and consolidate forecasts from channel teams, ensuring data completeness, accuracy, and timely submission to Senior Merchandising colleagues.
Provide analytical and administrative support to financial mid‑term planning by preparing reports, collecting data, and supporting required budget documentation.
Collaborate with cross‑functional partners—including Global Product, Sales, E‑com, Retail, and Marketing—by preparing documents, sharing updated product information, and coordinating assigned commercial activities.
Participate in cross‑functional routines with Supply Chain, Merchandising Operations, and Analytics by monitoring data accuracy, updating reports, and supporting process documentation.
Support SMU and collaboration initiatives by updating product lists, gathering requirements, maintaining briefing templates, and coordinating information flow across Global, Sales, and Retail.
Prepare product catalogues and workbooks by validating item lists, ensuring data accuracy, and contributing to the creation of seasonal sales tools.
Monitor in‑season product performance by updating weekly sales reports, tracking changes, and flagging observations to the Senior Merchandising team.
Your talent
Candidates should have a relevant bachelor’s degree and ideally early experience through internships or working student roles in merchandising, product management, buying, planning, retail, or marketing.
A basic understanding of product lifecycle management, assortments, consumer trends, and the fashion or sporting goods industry is essential.
Strong functional merchandising skills are required, including the ability to work with product data, price lists, item masters, and support GTM tasks with accuracy.
Solid analytical and technical capabilities are important, including comfort with Excel tools (lookups, pivots), basic data analysis, and a high attention to detail when working with pricing, forecasting, and system inputs.
The role requires the ability to learn and navigate merchandising systems such as ERP, PLM, PIM, and forecasting tools while maintaining strong data integrity.
Cross‑functional and organizational skills are key, particularly the ability to collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, Global Product, and Merchandising Operations while managing multiple tasks and timelines.
Clear communication skills are needed to summarize information, prepare documentation, and proactively seek clarity and alignment with team members.
Personal traits such as curiosity, a proactive and positive mindset, reliability, and a hands‑on “can‑do” attitude contribute strongly to success in this role.
Our principles
PUMA provides equal opportunities for all job applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Equality for all is one of the core principles at PUMA and we do not tolerate any form of harassment or discrimination.
PUMA is a global sports brand creating footwear, apparel, and accessories that inspire athletes and everyday movers. The PUMA Group owns PUMA, Cobra Golf, and stichd, operates in 120+ countries, and has around 22,000 employees worldwide.