DGM - Buyer & Merchandiser

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Job Description:

- Owning Category Planning & product buying life cycle for the respective category

- Responsible for Assortment Building & season Range Selection at channel level

- Involved in product development with Local India factories

- New product developments as per business / channel requirements against competition & timely launch

- Defining seasonal product pricing matrix & ensuring the products are priced right for maximum season full price sell through

- OTB understanding & governance for the business & ensuring necessary approvals in place before placing buys

- Ensuring GM % Deliverables are planned and achieved for the season as per budgets

- Placing timely orders to production team to meet planned product launch date

- Sell Through analysis & periodic review are carried out - Best-seller management thru analysis of weekly/monthly/quarterly SKU performance

- In depth data analysis- Detailed study of MIS reports with respect to product performance on parameters such as sales, margins, stock availability, inventory days at store & region levels.

- Analysing past sales figures/trends to anticipate future product needs.

- Understanding & identifying slow movers and planning marketing promotions around the same

- Product Launch Planning for the key season initiatives with Marketing & VM team