Job Description: To offer our customer mass market trend led fashionable, category and item dominant assortments of the wanted items for the season at great value on an ELDP (Every Day Low Prices) basis, with a focus in future to be in-house design led, driven by current trade. Job Responsibilities: Formulate a sub category strategy that forms the basic of the seasonal assortment framework, ensuring item dominance and clarity of offer for our customer, incorporating trend and post mortem learns for the foundation of this strategy. Formulate a seasonal Supplier strategy with your team, inclusive of the resource department that is well considered, risk balanced, allowing for an agile, highly reactive strategy whereby the golden rule forms the basic of the supplier partnership. Align the booking process with production timelines and in-store deliveries in collaboration with planner and resource. Manage Supplier relationships and resolve delivery issues with suppliers. Communicate any changes from current trade that impact other departments such as resource, marketing and visual merchandising. Responsible for assortment building in collaboration with planner, present back to Brand Merchants if applicable. Develop proactive action plans that address product performance issues and action accordingly in collaboration with planner and feedback to management. Prepare range and verify that all KPI’s, width & depth, PMO & sales targets are aligned. Ensure the fit and pre-production sample process delivers the right quality for the right price, and is aligned with the production process and timelines. Confirm and raise purchase orders and any amendments in full detail. In collaboration with the greater team in preparing for review ensuring that the range is aligned with seasonal strategic objectives. Monitor and manage sales by style, pre-production timelines orders and performance milestones to ensure delivery performance through reaction to current trade. Job Requirements: Manufacturing Experience (advantageous). Diploma/Degree: Fashion Design or Clothing Management. 3 - 4 Years Buying Experience. Product Knowledge. Knowledge of Garment Construction, Fabrics, Fibres & Quality. Understanding of Merchandise Process. Negotiation & Presentation Skills. Trading Mentality. Job Details: Company: Mr Price Group Vacancy Type: Full Time Job Location: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SA Application Deadline: N/A Apply Here jobstrivia.net
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