Lead - Merchandising - Jewellery/Fashion Retail

Job Title : Lead - Merchandising

Industry : Jewellery / Fashion Retail

Location : Bengaluru

Job Overview:

Seeking an experienced merchandising leader to drive category performance, product planning, and sales growth across multiple retail stores. The role involves end-to-end merchandising strategy, forecasting, product mix planning, new collection launches, pricing inputs, and sales interventions to maximize profitability.

Key Responsibilities:

- Develop seasonal sales forecasts, product mix, and annual merchandising plans

- Approve store-wise sales mix and inventory expansion plans

- Lead new product introductions, collection launches, and activation strategies

- Drive national and regional sales interventions such as exhibitions and roadshows

- Review product universe, identify gaps, and provide insights for improvement

- Contribute to pricing policy, discount planning, and making-charge models

- Benchmark gross contribution vs. competitors and manage variance

- Create schemes to boost sales, liquidate SKUs, and support focused store strategies

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate growth levers into merchandising plans

Qualifications:

- MBA from a reputed institute

- 12-15 years of merchandising experience in Jewellery or Fashion categories

- Strong analytical and decision-making abilities

- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

- Proven success in driving sales and profitability through merchandising strategy