Associate - Buying

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.