Manager - Buying

Manager – Buying 

Roles: 

• Responsible to manage business portfolio for business. 
• 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 

o Revenue 

o Margins 

o Growth of categories 

• Range Planning 

o Product-Brand mapping 

o Product range planning for the category Planning 

o Effectively planning and forecasting in order to maximize profitability 

o Trend forecasts and implement sale plans 

o Financial analysis - Sales, Margin, Discount and Inventory related analysis 

• Option planning 

o OTB working along with the central planning team 

• Inventory Management 

o Planning for the inventory flow for entire category 

• Team Management 

o Leading a team of designer, factory operations and sourcing 

• Vendor Management 

o Responsible for managing vendors and building the network to ensure that 

o Vendor-Product Mapping 

o Building fabric base, printing base network and vendor base 

• Supply Chain 

o Building processes to ensure the production happens within 30 days from concept to delivery Collaborative Partnership 

o Liasoning with all the brands 

o Co-ordinating with sales and marketing for the growth of category 

Qualifications & Experience 

• 4-6 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, analysing and interpreting data.