Manager - Merchandising

Roles:

• Responsible for managing business portfolios.

• 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 mapping

• Product range planning for the category Planning

• In-Depth Product Knowledge with cost understanding

• Effectively planning and forecasting in order to maximize profitability

• Trend 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

• 5+ 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, analysing and interpreting data.

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Last updated on Aug 21, 2024