Senior Manager - Buyer - Retail (8-10 yrs)

Sr Manager/Manager - Buyer

Key Responsibilities:

- Manage Buying & Merchandising, range selection, Costing and negotiating activities for the brands in Large Format Stores (LFS) counters.

- Responsible for concept to sampling to launch

- Sell-through and sales analysis (store/ counter, category, sub category & attribute level)

- Study and monitor the inventory to study the fast moving and slow-moving products and take necessary actions.

- Closely co-ordinate with sales counters on utilization of stock to achieve a target of maintaining inventory of current season.

- Forecast trends and share inputs with the design team for range development every season.

- Continuously undertake product innovation and new product development by providing new fashion inputs

- Obtaining range merchandise after effective negotiation

- Setting of standards for quality of merchandise with QA

- Maximizing current sourcing channels and identifying new opportunities - Range presentation with actual samples

- Vendor Management.

- Follow up with vendors for timely inwards

Job Requirement:

Overall Experience: 8+ years of experience into Buying and Merchandising role for Large Format Stores

Industry Experience: Apparel Retail/ Fashion

Educational Qualification: Post Graduation

- Strong analytical skills

- Behavioral Skills Required: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal skills and team management skills