Merchandiser

We are looking for a Merchandise Planner cum Buyer for a brand of intimate wear that we are about to launch. This challenging role is best suited for someone who has had past experience in planning merchandise for intimate wear.

Our merchandise planning and allocation team merges our brand story with the practical strategic pursuit of getting the right products to the right places at the right times.

They are expected to work intimately with our merchants to answer essential questions around selling patterns, customer habits, preferences and more.

Responsible for finding the right plan and formula demands a team of experts with strong fashion intuition and an intimate understanding of our customer, financial savvy, and a sense of urgency.

Job Description: Merchandise Planner & Buyer
• Drive Intimate wear product strategy by supporting Buyer for managing end to end product lifecycle
• Liase with the supplier and buy as per the strategy
• Seasonal and top-up order closures in sync with the Buyer for international orders
• Seasonal and top-up order closures in sync with the Buyer, designer and Sourcing team for domestic orders
• Review sales patterns and share product feedback with stakeholders for new product development, Top up orders and/or preponing deliveries
• Margin Negotiation with sourcing team for localized lines
• Analyze seasonal product performance, provide lesson learnt for every season and action point for the upcoming season
• Study WGSN trends ,Runways along with Competition to give trend Feedback
• Manage Fulfilment tracking for every Season Launch including, but not limited to, key Marketing/window lines
• Manage Visual Sell Thru - Review Product Lifecycle and give feedback to trader and Buyer
• Analyze sales to provide insights and proposals for driving future sales to Merchandisers and Traders
• Ensuring effective two- way communication with SCM and Sourcing team for Order Tracking of import and domestic orders
• Market visits for identifying Product gaps and competition analysis
• Effective Coordination with cross functional teams to drive Menswear business- Retail, Ecommerce ,Marketing and VM
• Exploit new systems and processes to optimize business.
• Product data enrichment in the central documents for data hygiene which can be used for further analysis

Must have:
• atleast 7 years of experience in merchandise planning
• Intimate wear experience is a plus
• Graduate/PG in Fashion Management
• Proficient of MS-Office
• Good understanding of trend analysis and range development

Email your CV to kajal@kennigton.com