Buyer - Menswear

Job

• Seasonal Buying from the International Range for all M&S India stores, our website and External Partners.
• Identifying sales opportunities & product gaps, addressing the same via product development in collaboration with the UK team or Sourcing team.
• Order tracking management for Import and domestic orders.
• Analysis of product performance at Range, Subrange, Trend and style Level.
• Keeping a close eye on external trends and competition for Market mapping.

Role & responsibilities

• Drive product strategy by supporting Buyer for managing end to end product lifecycle.
• Seasonal and top-up order closures in sync with the Buyer for international orders
• Seasonal and top-up order closures in sync with the Buyer, designer, and Sourcing team for domestic orders
• Review sales patterns and share product feedback with stakeholders for new product development, Top up orders and/or preponing deliveries.
• Margin Negotiation with sourcing team for localized lines
• Analyse seasonal product performance, provide lesson learnt for every season and action point for the upcoming season.
• Study WGSN trends, Runways along with Competition to give trend Feedback.
• Manage Fulfilment tracking for every Season Launch including, but not limited to, key Marketing/window lines.
• Manage Visual Sell Thru Review Product Lifecycle and give feedback to trader and Buyer.
• Analyse sales to provide insights and proposals for driving future sales to Merchandisers and Traders
• Ensuring effective two- way communication with SCM and Sourcing team for Order Tracking of import and domestic orders
• Market visits for identifying Product gaps and competition analysis.
• Effective Coordination with cross functional teams to drive Product business- Retail, Ecommerce, Marketing and VM
• Exploit new systems and processes to optimize business.
• Product data enrichment in the central documents for data hygiene which can be used for further analysis.

Key relationships and stakeholders:

• Sourcing team
• Supply Chain Teams
• Retail & VM Team
• Marketing Team
• Internal Ecommerce teams for M&S.in and digital partners
• Finance and Accounts Team

Education and Work Experience:

• Graduate in Fashion Management/Retail
• 2-5 years of experience in product Buying in Apparels
• Proficient of MS-Office
• Good understanding of trend analysis and range development

Why Join Us?

Be associated with a reputed brand.

Gain valuable experience in a dynamic recruitment role.

Opportunity to work in a collaborative and fast-paced environment.

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