Senior Management - Buying & Merchandising - Retail

Responsible for end-to-end planning of the supply chain functions of procurement, inventory control, logistics and distribution.

Establish product pricing strategy and set pricing range based on consumer demand, past sales performance, sales forecasts, projected contributions and attributable costs etc.

Responsible for procurement activities related to store merchandise based on seasonal procurement schedules.

Develop TACs for procurement activity. Ensure that these are in line with the merchandise planning to ensure availability of merchandise at the correct time in the store for sales.

Ensure setting of re-order levels and maintenance of inventory as per defined standards.

Ensure replenishment of merchandise at the warehouse and stores to meet the inventory levels specified for various product categories.

Ensure efficient management of merchandise to various stores in time to meet the sales targets.

Manage the transportation of such merchandise to stores and the logistics from the store to the warehouse.

Ensure compliance to SOPs.

Analyse category-wise product profitability at various stages of the order cycle to ensure the targets of GMROI and GMROF are met.

Co-Plan, co-develop and execute product development and commercialization strategies across stores. Keep abreast of market developments- specifically related to pricing, fashion trends, customer requirements, competitor's product mix etc. to facilitate the above.