Retail Buyer

2 weeks ago


Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Traut Personnel Full time

A good opportunity for a talented Menswear Brand Buyer for this sought after Lifestyle Brand. The purpose of this role is to create and execute an original range of Menswear apparel in line with the brand's strategy and assortment plan in order to achieve and exceed financial objectives.
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Job Description_

  • Design and build a fully assorted seasonal range of Menswear products.
  • Conduct market research and trend analysis.
  • Maintain professional relationships with the Brand Principal, manufacturers and suppliers.
  • Develop category pricing and merchandise strategies, to increase market share and profitability.
  • Ensure that ranges and product strategies support all sales channels wholesale, ecommerce and retail strategies. Provide input/support/feedback to all channels.
  • Collaborate with Planning, Marketing, Operations, Sales and Production regarding the execution of the seasonal Product/Sales plan and achieve agreed set revenue & profit targets.
  • Drive sales performance by contributing to promotional activities on products and price to meet the set department sales and margin targets.
  • Negotiate Supplier trade terms, costs and deliveries, while sourcing product from international and local manufacturing opportunities.
  • Actively cultivate and develop vendor partnerships to ensure optimize performance and ontimeinfull, seasonal product launches.
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Key Requirements_

  • Relevant tertiary qualification in Fashion Design or Product Development.
  • Minimum 5 years' relevant experience as a Menswear Buyer within a retail or fashion environment.
  • Sourcing experience in international and local sourcing.
  • Ability to persuade and influence.
  • Commercial thinking skills.
  • Ability to adapt to change.
  • Communication, presentation and negotiation skills.
  • Planning and organizing skills.
  • Attention to detail.
This is an EE opportunity.

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