Deputy Director - Buying

Deputy Director - Buying (Roadster) (Men's)

A comprehensive role which involves all aspects of business –Analytics, financial planning, range planning, sourcing and managing people – vendors & team.

Responsibilities:

Responsible to optimize sales for a group of products

• Revenue
• Margins
• Growth of categories
• Range Planning

Product-Brand mappingProduct range planning for the category Planning

• In-Depth Product Knowledge with cost understanding

Effectively planning and forecasting in order to maximize profitabilityTrend forecasts and implement sale plans

• Competition Analysis with respect to trends and overall assortment matrix

Financial analysis - Sales, Margin, Discount and Inventory related analysis

• Option planning
• OTB working along with the central planning team
• Inventory Management
• Planning for the inventory flow for entire category
• Team Management
• Leading a team of designer, factory operations and sourcing
• Vendor Management
• Responsible for managing vendors and building the network to ensure that
• Vendor-Product Mapping
• Building fabric base, printing base network and vendor base
• Supply Chain
• Building processes to ensure the production happens within 30 days from concept to delivery Collaborative Partnership
• Liasoning with all the brands
• Co-ordinating with sales and marketing for the growth of category

Qualifications & Experience

• 6+ years of experience with Fashion Background.
• Familiarity with category management for relevant category.
• Understanding of market dynamics and sound business judgement.
• Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships.
• Comfortable with figures and in collecting, analyzing and interpreting data.