At American Eagle Outfitters, we apply our promise to customers - Live Your Life - to our culture. From our stores to our offices, we encourage creativity, identify strengths and provide a work environment that provides the freedom for you to be you. If that sounds like a fun place to work and grow your career... you're right.

The Role:

You will be accountable for ensuring the brand is appropriately represented in all markets and championed effectively. Through building the annual business plan and ongoing reporting and re-forecasting, you will have responsibility for ensuring delivery on merchandise planning, driving sales strategies and achieving standards agreed by the host brand. In addition, you will participate in business improvement projects to ensure brand requirements are represented in all business-wide initiatives and systems.

You will have/be:

* At least 3 years' experience in a senior merchandising role, ideally within a PLC or successful private retail company

* Previous retail sector experience

* Educated to degree level

* Knowledge of key merchandising planning principles and systems

* Excellent numeric, analytic and IT skills

* Self driven, energetic, enthusiastic and creative.

M.H. Alshaya Co. is a leading international franchise operator for over 70 of the world's most recognised retail brands including Starbucks, H&M, Mothercare, Debenhams, American Eagle Outfitters, P.F. Chang's, The Cheesecake Factory, Victoria's Secret, Boots, Pottery Barn and KidZania. The company operates over 2,600 stores across diverse customer sectors: Fashion & Footwear, Health & Beauty, Food, Optics, Pharmacy, Home Furnishings and Leisure & Entertainment.

Alshaya's stores can be found in markets across the Middle East and North Africa, Russia, Turkey and Europe and the company employs more than 40,000 people from over 110 nationalities.