Lead Associate - Buying & Merchandising

Job Description

Roles: Responsible to manage business portfolio for Apparels 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 Revenue Margins Growth of categories Range Planning Product-Brand mapping Product range planning for the category Planning Effectively planning and forecasting in order to maximize profitability Trend forecasts and implement sale plans Financial analysis - Sales, Margin, Discount and Inventory related analysis Option planning OTB working along with the central planning team Inventory Management Planning for the inventory flow for entire category Vendor Management Responsible for managing vendors and building the network to ensure that Vendor-Product Mapping Developing MP vendor-base for the category. Qualifications Experience 4-7 years of experience with Fashion Background. Preferable candidate with relevant Category experience. 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, analyzing and interpreting data.