About the job
Manager - Buying & Merchandising | Luggage | Men's
A comprehensive role which involves all aspects of business –Analytics, financial planning, range planning, sourcing and managing people – vendors & team.
Responsibilities
Responsible to optimize sales for a group of products
A comprehensive role which involves all aspects of business –Analytics, financial planning, range planning, sourcing and managing people – vendors & team.
Responsibilities
Responsible to optimize sales for a group of products
- Revenue
- Margins
- Growth of categories
- Range Planning
- Product-Brand mapping
- Product range planning for the category Planning
- In-Depth Product Knowledge with cost understanding
- Effectively planning and forecasting in order to maximize profitabilityTrend forecasts and implement sale plans
- Competition Analysis with respect to trends and overall assortment matrix
- Financial analysis - Sales, Margin, Discount and Inventory related analysis
- Option planning
- OTB working along with the central planning team
- Inventory Management
- Planning for the inventory flow for entire category
- Team Management
- Leading a team of designer, factory operations and sourcing
- Vendor Management
- Responsible for managing vendors and building the network to ensure that
- Vendor-Product Mapping
- Building fabric base, printing base network and vendor base
- Supply Chain
- Building processes to ensure the production happens within 30 days from concept to delivery Collaborative Partnership
- Liasoning with all the brands
- Co-ordinating with sales and marketing for the growth of category
- 4+ years of experience with Fashion Background.
- Familiarity with category management for relevant category.
- Understanding of market dynamics and sound business judgement.
- Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships.
- Comfortable with figures and in collecting, analyzing and interpreting data.
