Deputy General Manager - Buyer - Western Wear eCommerce

Location: Mumbai.

Experience : Minimum 7 years experience into Buying and Merchandising.

Must have experience with Marketplaces.

Must have experience in Women's Western Wear.

Roles and Responsibilities:

- Assortment planning : Seasonal range plan creation basis projected sales , category mix projections and MRP plans.

- Selecting and purchasing merchandise: Analyse and understand platform requirements basis season, understand customers and market requirements and align to site / platform goals.

- Brand & Product Enhancement: Cohesively create distinctive Products, controlled Product Quality, Option Width creating high impact with higher levels of product enhancement thus creating a competitive edge over Platform like to like brands.

- Analyzing market trends: Continuous research on market & competition to identify trends, consumer preferences, and competitive pricing.

- Negotiating with suppliers: Evaluate supplier options based on price, quality, and other factors working closely with the Sourcing / merchandising teams.

- Work closely with the sampling units and sampling master to challenge efficient fabric and trims consumption to be able to meet target intake margins.

- Managing inventory levels: Adherence to Open to buy plans and Buying /sales targets.

- Control stock inflow with On time order fulfillment.

- Monthly mapping against set intake target.

- Forecasting consumer trends: Buyers use data analysis and forecasting techniques to predict consumer trends.

- Checking product quality: Buyers evaluate the quality and popularity of products already on the shelves.

- Developing an effective purchase order system: Buyers create a system for monitoring purchase orders close adherence to OTB.