Roles and Responsibilities
Roles:
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Responsible to manage the buying portfolio for Womens Apparel
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A comprehensive role which involves all aspects of business including Analytics, financial planning, range planning and managing direct and functional teams
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Responsible for Business Growth & Profitability (topline, bottomline) for the portfolio including Inventory Planning, Assortment and directly managing the Buying function while working functionally with Sourcing, Design, Planning, Business Finance & Marketing teams.
Responsibilities:
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Responsible to optimize sales for the portfolio including
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Revenue
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Margins
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Growth of categories
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Range Planning (Assortment)
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Product-Brand mapping
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Product range planning for the category Planning
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Effectively planning and forecasting in order to maximize profitability
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Trend forecasts and implement sale plans
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Financial analysis - Sales, Margin, Discount and Inventory related analysis
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Option planning
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OTB working along with the central planning team
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Inventory Management
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Planning for the inventory flow for entire category
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Team Management
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Leading a team of buyers to manage the Apparel buying
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Vendor Management
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Responsible for managing vendors through Sourcing
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Vendor-Product Mapping
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Building fabric base, printing base network and vendor base
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Supply Chain
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Enabling & building an optimal supply chain
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Co-ordinating with all functional teams to ensure and deliver Business Growth & margins
Qualifications & Experience
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5+ years of experience with Apparel Buying Background
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Experience as a mix of online & offline would be a plus
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Product Category experience for Womens wearcategories
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Excellent with numbers and in collecting, analysing and interpreting data.
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Strong communication skills to be able to communicate effectively with Senior stakeholders, peers & juniors
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Strong team building & team management skills
