Fashion Buyer – Inventory Movement Focus

We’re Hiring: Fashion Buyer – Inventory Movement Focus

📍 Location: Andheri (Mumbai)

🕒 Experience: 2–4 years

🚀 Joining: ASAP to Early August

About Nap Chief

Nap Chief is India’s leading premium kidswear brand, loved for its ultra-soft fabrics, bold designs, and pop culture-inspired collections. With a design-first approach and licenses like Marvel and Minions, we create clothing that’s fun, functional, and made for modern kids. Based in Mumbai, we’re a fast-growing team redefining how kidswear should feel and look.

🔹 Role Summary

Fashion Buyer

🔹 Key Responsibilities

1. Buying, Merchandising & Assortment Planning

• Plan seasonal and monthly buys based on data—sales trends, sell-through rates, and category performance.
• Assist in assortment planning and forecasting aligned with business goals and design direction.
• Support product lifecycle management from sample selection to markdown strategies.

2. Inventory Movement & Optimization

• Actively flag underperforming SKUs and execute strategies to move them—bundling, pricing updates, alternate selling channels, or stock reallocation.
• Collaborate with warehouse, design, and marketplace teams to ensure smooth inventory flow and timely availability.
• Monitor and maintain healthy stock levels across categories, minimizing dead stock.

3. Sales & Performance Analysis

• Compile and analyze weekly reports for sales, category-wise performance, pricing, and inventory health.
• Identify repeat performers, slow movers, and styles to avoid; translate insights into buying decisions.
• Track SKU-level profitability and impact on revenue.

4. Production & Vendor Coordination

• Work closely with design and sourcing teams to manage sampling, production timelines, and order placements.
• Liaise with vendors to ensure flexible MOQs, faster restocks, and reliable delivery schedules.
• Maintain quality and cost control across styles and suppliers.

5. Individual Inventory Ownership

• Personally own

  1–2 slow-moving styles each month

  , with clear revival or exit plans.
• Present a

  monthly report

  to leadership detailing actions taken, outcomes, and key takeaways.
• Drive accountability for inventory efficiency at a micro level.

🔹 Who You Are

• You have

  2–4 years of experience

  in fashion buying, merchandising, or category management—preferably in a fast-paced retail or D2C environment.
• You’re

  strong with Excel/Google Sheets

  , confident working with large datasets and SKU-level tracking (500+ SKUs).
• You combine

  analytical thinking with great fashion intuition

  —able to balance commercial viability with creative curation.
• You’re highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing timelines and dependencies across teams.
• Bonus points if you’re a

  NIFT graduate

  or have hands-on experience with tools like

  Unicommerce, OrderBot, or Shopify backends

  .
• You take

  ownership seriously

  and are excited by the idea of personally driving sell-through for every style you own.

📩 Interested or know someone who fits? Drop us a line at [careers@napchief.com]

Let’s build India’s most exciting kidswear brand—one sell-out style at a time.

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