Deputy Manager - Buyer (Womenswear)

Job Description

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS Assisting the head buyer in creating range plan for the season, basis historical sales performance, global trends, market/competition dynamics for the season. Participate in the season range selection along with the design department. To shortlist a line that is globally aligned. During range selection, work out the product gap identification mapped to the seasonal range plan shared with the design team. Ensure the new season product line selection is in sync with international trends, consumer requirement, global brand direction, historical season trends, yet drives business growth. Assist the head buyer in product price benchmarking basis historical performance, brand direction and market needs. Budget planning at store level basis historical & season performance and targets for upcoming season. Prepare the seasonal store wise gender and category mixes for all EBO stores. Carry out store-wise order booking for all company owned stores. Monitoring store level buy plan & orders for Womenswear (Wholesale Ebos). Aligning and driving wholesale partners to buy as per aligned Budgets & brands direction. Achieving targeted full price sell through in sync with commercial targets for the season. Achieving target OTB/Budget fulfilment for the season. Analysing sell out trends at gender/category & store level. Weekly sales tracking+ Mid-season analysis for the gender at Category, Theme, Concept, Color & MRP level. (EBO+LFS channel). Highlight season performance, best sellers and take requisite corrective action on bottom sellers to achieve the desired sell thru and margin target for the season. Execution of formats for Order-sheet generation, Buying Application, master creation, collations of all seasons buy for EBO’s & presentations for the same. Regular store visits to gather first-hand information from the front-end teams of seasonal range performance. Mapping key competition brands to establish market trends. Keeping abreast with upcoming trends via research on forecasting tools such as WGSN, Social Media etc.