Job title : Senior Buyer
Job Location : Gauteng,
Deadline : December 19, 2024
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Key Responsibilities: Achieve or surpass planned sales by dynamically responding to current trade through agility. Develop proactive action plans to address product performance issues in collaboration with the planner and report to management accordingly. Communicate changes in current trade that impact other departments, such as resource, marketing, and visual merchandising. Monitor and manage sales by style, pre-production timelines, orders, and performance milestones to ensure delivery performance through rapid response to current trade. Manage supplier relationships and resolve delivery issues with suppliers. Conduct relevant competitor analysis and store visits, sharing findings with the greater team. Present a post-mortem on trade reports to senior business leaders, including competitor analysis, supplier performance, actual product execution, marketing, and trend feedback. Formulate a sub-category strategy as the foundation of the seasonal assortment framework, incorporating trend and post-mortem learnings. Develop a seasonal supplier strategy with the team and the resource department, ensuring a well-considered, risk-balanced approach. Compile and present a seasonal strategy, including sub-categories, to senior business leaders. Confirm trends, source samples, and present the range based on strategy calls. Confirm supplier roll-up with the resource department. Be responsible for assortment building, presenting back to seniors if applicable. Collaborate with the team in preparing for review, ensuring the range aligns with seasonal strategic objectives. Prepare the range, verifying that all KPIs, width & depth, PMO, and sales targets are aligned. Align the booking process with production timelines and in-store deliveries in collaboration with the planner and resource. Travel locally and abroad to assess current market trends and provide detailed feedback. Contribute proactively in all team meetings and working sessions. Provide direction and coaching to juniors.
Requirements Education: Diploma/Degree: Fashion Design or Clothing Management.
Experience: 3 - 4 Years Buying Experience.
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