Buying Manager: Woman

15 hours ago

Blackheath, South Africa Ackermans Full time

We are seeking a dynamic and passionate Buying Manager to lead our Women’s Buying Team. This key role requires someone with a strong love for fashion and a keen eye for identifying and selecting the best pieces that embody style, quality, and trends for our customers.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment, has an inherent passion for women’s fashion, and is excited to shape the future of the buying strategy for a leading brand.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

- **Strategy Development**: In partnership with the Executive, develop and execute a comprehensive product portfolio strategy aligned with the company's objectives, ensuring consistency and relevance across the product lifecycle, handwriting and execution.
- **Cross-Functional** Collaboration: Collaborate closely with internal teams, including Marketing, Merchandising, Retail Operations, and Supply Chain, to ensure alignment and consistency in execution.
- **Performance Monitoring**: Establish relevant KPIs to measure and monitor product performance in terms of sales, inflows, margins, GP rands and optimising strategies based on data-driven insights.
- **Systems**: Utilise relevant buying systems to support and enable performance.
- **Leadership**: Effectively lead the buying team for the relevant portfolio.

JOB RELATED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED

**Knowledge**
- Knowledge of the retail merchandise cycle with regards to Buying, Planning, Logistics and Stores
- Knowledge of specific company buying strategies
- Understanding of retail business systems and related processes - IT
- A comprehensive knowledge/understanding of SA’s retail clothing market, customers, and competitors.
- An understanding of relevant trends with a flair/eye for product for the relevant target market
- Relevant product knowledge with regards to styling constructions
- An understanding of product components
- Awareness of relevant legal and regulatory requirements to ensure compliance and mitigate risks
- Understanding of crisis management principles and practices to anticipate and mitigate potential brand crises, as well as to respond effectively in the event of a crisis to protect the brand's reputation

**Skills**:

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across all levels of the organisation
- Strategic thinking and analytical abilities, with a data-driven approach to decision-making
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt quickly to changing priorities and market conditions
- Strong leadership skills to inspire and guide the buying team, fostering cross functional collaboration and driving results
- A commercial mindset to develop innovative and impactful product strategies
- Experience in managing budgets effectively, allocating resources to maximise ROI
- Continuously seeking opportunities for innovation and differentiation, to maintain a competitive edge

QUALIFICATIONS:

- A relevant degree/qualification in Fashion/Textile Design/Clothing Production/Product Development/Merchandising, or a related field

EXPERIENCE:

- Proven experience of 3-5 years in a retail buying management capacity (preferably in woman/ladies’ category)
- Strong leadership and management skills
- Strong negotiation skills with suppliers to secure competitive pricing and favourable terms.
- CFE experience essential
- Extensive travel required

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