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5 - 8 yearsWorking Days5 days/weekOffice LocationKarnataka, BengaluruRole & ResponsibilitiesThe Assistant Manager - Buyer (Kids) plays a crucial role in our organization’s buying and merchandising function for the Kids category. This role is responsible in contributing to profitable sales, managing inventory, and building strong vendor relationships to ensure the assortment meets the needs of our target customers.

Here’s what will be expected out of you every day:

  • Be on top of Industry: Product market fit, market knowledge, consumer understanding in terms of what customers buy and why.
  • Stay on top of changing trends, and competition analysis.
  • Product Focus: Attention to detail at product level to ensure correct fit, composition and value proposition in each style going live
  • Range planning: Bringing new product ideas on the table that will help category growth basis sales data and market analysis
  • Gap filling and repeat: Be on top of analysis of sales to effective levscores.ro products/best sellers and come up with ideas to bridge market gaps.
  • Costing: Work closely with the sourcing team & have the capability to dependently negotiate costing with vendors.
  • Quality: Own the quality scores (Ratings, reviews return). Work closely with quality team to take regular consumer feedback and improve scores.
  • Financial Analysis: Sales, Margin, Discount and Inventory related analysis Option Planning - Basic understanding of OTB fulfilment working
  • Post Season Analysis implementation for future seasons across channel.
  • Competition Mapping.
Ideal Candidate
  • Bachelor's degree in Fashion Merchandising, or related field
  • 5 + years of experience in retail buying and merchandise planning, preferably in the Kids category.
  • Strong analytical and financial acumen with the ability to interpret data to make informed business decisions.
  • Ability to identify emerging market opportunities.
  • Experience in assortment planning, product lifecycle management, and inventory management.
  • Excellent communication
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, retail planning, and merchandising systems
  • Passion for understanding customer needs and delivering compelling product assortments.
Perks, Benefits and Work Culture
  • Work with cutting-edge technologies on high-impact systems.
  • Be part of a collaborative and technically driven team.
  • Enjoy flexible work options and a culture that values learning.
  • Competitive salary, benefits, and growth opportunities.
Skills: assortment planning,analytical skills,sales,market analysis,fit,communication,buyer,product lifecycle management,merchandise planning,financial acumen,inventory management,management,merchandising,basic,retail buying,microsoft excel,vendor negotiation,data

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