Associate – Buying
Roles:
Responsible for managing business portfolio for relevant Category with focus on Growth and
increasing the market share.
Analytics, Financial planning, Range planning, Co-ordination– vendors & team.
Responsibilities:
Responsible to optimize sales by monitoring:
o Revenue
o Margins
o Growth of Category
o Review style level performance based on metrics such as ROS, Sell thru, DRR, Discount.
o Financial analysis - Sales, Margin, Discount and Inventory related analysis
Range/ Assortment Planning
o Product-Brand mapping
o Season wise Product Range planning/ Assortment working based on past performance &
growth / revenue targets to ensure that the BU is well represented
o Effectively planning and forecasting in order to maximize profitability
o Trend forecasts and implement sales plans.
o Actively participate in Brand development/ Range/Product development through
analytics-based insights
Visibility Planning
o Category visibility planning & interventions – planning banners for respective brands
and raising banner requests on time
Inventory Management
o Planning for the inventory flow for entire category
o Work in close coordination with the Planning and Pricing team for optimizing Scale /
Inventory/OTB/Capacities.
o Management of OIs / Inwards, Cataloguing and driving and improvising the processes.
Vendor Management
o Identify gaps in product offerings & subsequently introduce / onboard new vendors
across whitespaces
o Vendor-Product Mapping
Operational Excellence:
o Prior experience or knowledge of data analysis & interpretation, Discount
monitoring, Collaborating with cataloguing team to get products shoot, content
creation and right information of the product being shared and improvising on
processes to constantly improve customer experience.
Qualifications & Experience
2-4 years of experience in Apparel Buying / Planning / Merchandising. (Preferably E- Comm)
Familiarity with Category management with understanding of Market dynamics and sound
business judgement.
Strong MS Excel skills with numbers acumen and be comfortable in collecting, analysing and
interpreting data.
Good organizational skills including prioritizing, scheduling, time management, and meeting
deadlines.
Willingness to learn, innovate, take initiatives.
Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships.
Customer centric, creative & analytical problem-solving mindset.
Ability to work as part of a team & collaborate with others.
