Manager- Buying

Roles and Responsibilities-Roles:? Responsible to manage business portfolio for business.? A comprehensive role which involves all aspects of business –? Analytics, financial planning, range planning, sourcing and managing people – vendors &team.Responsibilities:? Responsible to optimize sales for a group of productso Revenueo Marginso Growth of categories? Range Planningo Product-Brand mappingo Product range planning for the category Planningo Effectively planning and forecasting in order to maximize profitabilityo Trend forecasts and implement sale planso Financial analysis - Sales, Margin, Discount and Inventory related analysis? Option planningo OTB working along with the central planning team? Inventory Managemento Planning for the inventory flow for entire category? Team Managemento Leading a team of designer, factory operations and sourcing? Vendor Managemento Responsible for managing vendors and building the network to ensure thato Vendor-Product Mappingo Building fabric base, printing base network and vendor base? Supply Chaino Building processes to ensure the production happens within 30 days from concept todelivery Collaborative Partnershipo Liasoning with all the brandso Co-ordinating with sales and marketing for the growth of categoryQualifications & Experience? 4-6 years of experience with Fashion Background.? Familiarity with category management for relevant category.? Understanding of market dynamics and sound business judgement.? Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships.? Comfortable with figures and in collecting, analyzing and interpreting data.