Landmark Group - Head - Buying & Merchandising

Head - Buying and Merchandising

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Understand Global Fashion trends, market dynamics and competition offering in India and adapt products to suit Indian customer tastes

- Undertake competition benchmarking (in terms of product, pricing and process)

- Proactively present ideas for Product improvement and business growth

- Capture market feedback and ensure required actions are taken to address the feedback

- Identify and launch new product categories

- Explore international sourcing as an opportunity for cost & risk optimization, new product development and scale of operations

- Constantly work towards enhancing efficiencies to deliver better profitability

- Ensure competitive pricing and appropriate positioning of the product

- Understand the customer aspirations, customer profile and their emerging needs

- Ensure translation of the customer requirements to the product offerings

Specifications for an ideal candidate:

- Minimum 25 years Experience, of which minimum 15 years in International Fashion Apparel and Retail in Europe and Middle East

- Should have worked in large Fashion Retailing companies heading Buying and Merchandising teams.

- In depth understanding of Fashion and retail business

- Sound knowledge of product design, sourcing, and category management

- Should have experience of managing multiple categories and large team of designers and buyers.