Associate - Buying & Merchandising

Role:

A comprehensive role which involves Range planning, assortment build up, Sales Analysis, and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to optimize sales and business health for the category
• Revenue
• Margins
• Pricing & Promotions
• Financial analysis - Sales, Margin, Discount, and Inventory related analysis
• Weekly and Monthly analysis and reporting
• Range, Assortment and Business Planning
  • Assortment Planning – Data Analysis, Insights Generation, Options Planning (Width, Depth)
  • OTB Planning and management at brand-category level, season planning
  • Range level planning support – bets sizing, inventory planning
  • Effective planning and forecasting to maximize profitability
  • Competition & Market Analysis
  • Trend forecasts, identify white spaces and implement sale plans
• Collaborative Partnership
• Liaising with all stakeholders including category, design, sourcing, and PD
• Coordinating with sales and marketing for the growth of category 

Qualifications & Experience

• MBA/NIFT/FDDI with 2-4 years of experience overall in fashion industry & retail business,
• Experience in apparel category on either brand or retail side will be preferred
• Experience / exposure to e-commerce will be an advantage
• Product expertise along with strong business acumen with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; Strong with numbers and in collecting, analysing, and interpreting data
• Strong experience and skills in cross functional stakeholder management