AM - Buying - Men Footwear - eCommerce

Job location: Bangalore

Company: a leading E-commerce brand in India

Post: Assistant Manager- Buying (Men Footwear)

KRAs:

- Role­ Buying, merchandising and sourcing Footwear, Constructs and coordinate a buying & merchandising strategy to improve the brand equity by offering balanced category management through retail channels.

- Developed plans that support the merchandising, marketing and financial objectives of category

- Analyze historical data, productivity and industry trends to identify risks & opportunities for future retail projects and subsequently develop a comprehensive strategy that aligns financial and growth opportunities in India.

- In­depth analysis of channel offerings through more than 140 stores, merchandising allocation, pricing strategies, range development with relevant bench-marking in current industry situation and analyzing competitors etc.

- Handling Footwear buying/merchandising/sourcing

- Product development, costing Cost negotiation and production followups with vendors

- Pricing of the articles based on the concept, market competitiveness and the margins given by concept head

- OTB Calculation

- Discount planning to improve sales and liquidation of older and nonperforming stocks.

- To propose New Concepts in the respective categories