Job Description

• The Ideal candidate will work very closely with PD, design and Planning team to drive the category
• Drive Category Range Building/ pricing and positioning
• Driving the brand vision and strategically implementing the vision and values into each aspect of the role.
• The ideal candidate will be on top of local, regional and global trends in order to spot market opportunities and ways to drive the business forward. Will also have an innovative agile approach to ways of working.
• The ideal candidate will be able to provide an educated point of view on local consumer needs as well as market dynamics, cultural influencers and general trends as well as competitors intelligence. Use the latter insights to brief market-specific requirements, select regional line from the regional/ global lines, and develop assortments from the regional/ global line.
• Strike a balance between indigenously developed products & Global Product Lines, complementing Indian consumer base
• External stakeholder: Vendors, Retail, Channel, and online Sales partners
• The Ideal candidate will have a sound understanding of merchandising principles and a basic financial acumen.
• The skill to apply analytical thinking in order to spot opportunities through data.
• Build and monitor apparel assortments according to regional needs for Womenswear
• Execute and implement brand strategies
• Spot market and business opportunities as part of the go to market calendar
• Hands on timelines with regards to seasons, discounts, demographic challenge at hand, ability to translate consumer insights into right product offering across the Indian market
• Keep track of sales and volume across Sales channels, retail outlets, SKU, EBO, Ecommerce etc
• Execute seasonal line release activities
• Identify and assist in developing quick response products
• Offer input to the brands annual plan
• Stay informed on customer trends and what is selling both globally and regionally
• Gain a complete understanding of competition and their pricing strategies for multiple markets
• Participate in fit test and line adopt meetings
• Analyze and interpret selling/ consumer data to inform the brief
• Create the category brief with market-specific requirements
• Collaborates with partners to execute the brand vision

Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in related discipline (5+ years combined college education and work experience may be substituted for a degree)
• Minimum 7 years direct Womens buying experience working at an apparel brand/ Large Retailer

Skills & Competencies (Technical)

• Should possess ability to create assortments according to regional requirements
• Should possess strong knowledge of global trends and the fashion industry locally and globally, would have had exposure through research and development travel globally.
• Should possess knowledge of cost of goods
• Should Possess Great retail/ Front end understanding
• Should possess ability to do margin calculations
• Should possess knowledge of the supply chain process and planning activities
• Should possess ability to perform volume forecasting
• Should be highly analytical with the ability to read and create financial spreadsheets
• Should be able to work on problems of a diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors
• Should possess proficiency with MS Office applications (Word & Excel)
• Should have Strong project management, Analytical & numerical skills.

LOCATION India, Bangalore - OfficeFULL TIME/PART TIME Full time

Levi Strauss