Manager - Buying Kids Footwear_Buying_Buying Concept 2.Shoe Mart.UAE_JAFZA_Shoe Mart
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Buying & Category Management
•Lead and manage the entire buying process, across Kids brands and product lines, to ensure the right and commercially viable product ranges, customer satisfaction, improvement in year-on-year sales, margins, and stock levels.
•Keep track of global trends, to deliver newness in the product range.
•Oversee category management to ensure maximization of sales and profitability.
•Manage financial goals, including pre-season plans, in-season projections, open-to-buy etc., to support retail requirements, whilst maintaining alignment with financial parameters.
•Lead the process of aligning the merchandising planners with the OTB to ensure that the right assortment is delivered to the stores
Product Development
•Oversee and guide the category throughout the entire product creation process, ensuring alignment with key deliverables and milestones to meet specified factory deadlines.
•Essential to thoroughly analyze and evaluate briefs, design tech packages, models, and samples. Additionally, identifying potential concerns related to construction, materials, fit, or cost is a crucial aspect.
•Playing a critical role in team coordination, managing relationships, facilitating reviews, overseeing delivery, and securing approvals.
•As an integral member of the buying team, involvement in providing valuable insights, suggestions, and information to ensure the timely delivery of quality products at the right cost is essential.
Stock & Cost Optimization
•Manage the inventory (including stock loss mitigation, booked inventory budget, terminal stock etc.) and maintain optimum stock levels in order to ensure that retail requirements are met within the given financial parameters.
•Manage centralized bulk buying, margins, markdowns etc. as well as select vendor mix to optimize costs.
Vendor & Order Management
•Establish and manage relationships with vendors and suppliers in order to ensure financially beneficial partnerships through maximizing the ranges, sales, profit margin and delivery within budget.
•Liaise with logistics to monitor supplier efficiency and effectiveness in order to ensure that potential risks and delays are identified, and appropriate remedial action taken.
•Place orders and ensure the merchandise is delivered on a timely basis, and in line with the service level agreements in order to ensure compliance with buying plans.
Analysis And Intelligence
•Analyze and monitor reports, MIS analytics etc. based on actual sales, forecasts, inventory checks, replenishment needs etc. in order to accurately forecast and meet the needs of the business.
•Analyze strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats vis-a-vis competition and market conditions in order to identify business opportunities.
•Analyze customer buying trends, competitors, and market activities in order to predict future trends and seasonal product requirements.
Requirements
- •Lead buying process for kids footwear brands and product lines
- •Ensure commercially viable product ranges, customer satisfaction, and sales growth
- •Track global trends for newness in product range
- •Oversee category management for sales and profitability maximization
- •Manage financial goals including pre-season plans and projections
- •Align merchandising planners with OTB for store assortment
- •Oversee product creation process, analyze briefs, tech packages, and samples
- •Analyze strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats vis-a-vis competition
Nice to Have
- •Identifying potential concerns related to construction, materials, fit, or cost
- •Providing valuable insights, suggestions, and information
- •Liaise with logistics to monitor supplier efficiency
- •Analyze customer buying trends, competitors, and market activities
Responsibilities
- •Lead and manage the entire buying process
- •Oversee category management
- •Manage financial goals
- •Oversee and guide the category throughout the entire product creation process
- •Analyze and evaluate briefs, design tech packages, models, and samples
- •Manage inventory and maintain optimum stock levels
- •Establish and manage relationships with vendors and suppliers
- •Analyze and monitor reports, MIS analytics
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Landmark Group is a major retail and hospitality conglomerate in the Middle East, Africa, and India. It operates numerous well-known retail brands and businesses.
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