Junior Merchandising Buyer Job Cape Town area,South Africa,Retail

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Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization

To execute the product strategy for Concept stores. Responsibilities include an array of projects & tasks related to range building, trading and seasonal product strategy. This individual will work on cross-functional projects at both hub and cluster level and will have high interaction with other functions such as Operations, Trade and Allocation, CTC & Visual Merchandising.

Key Responsibilities

Create weekly product insight reports and present during trade call – store trends and performance

Support in building assortments for both inline seasonal ranges, in season creation, and Hype.

Support Concept stores on execution of launches by tracking campaign articles. Monthly comms to stores sharing upcoming hype, launches, new products and in season creation packs.

Work closely with Omni to plan and execute launches and promotions

Review bestsellers and blackhole product, suggest actions on inventory movement and top-up orders.

Manage new store product strategy with CS Buyers.

Pull basic reports using Power BI, and provide strong interpretation of data

Completion of seasonal comp shop

Maintain awareness of global trends and showcase effective ways of keeping abreast of consumer movements in store.

Manage flocking process, makers lab and shoe cleaning program

Work closely with T&A ,VC and Ecom teams to ensure in-season product flow and pricing is executed and maintained.

Execute in-season commercial trade opportunities in line with commercial needs / stock opportunities.

Work closely with CS Merchandise Buying Manager, local sourcing team and CTC to curate the City Tee program.

Analyse store performance and manage weekly check-ins with store managers

Create strong relationships with VC, eCOM merchandising team

Key Relationships

CS Merchandise Buyers and T&A team

Ecom and VC Buyers

CS HUB Merchandise team

Cluster and HUB CTC teams

Brand, Omnichannel teams

Local sourcing team

Field team

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications

Relevant tertiary qualification

3+ years of working experience within retail of a medium-large size organization.

Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

Excellent understanding of range & assortment building: a proven record of building compelling assortments balancing out brand & commercial ambitions

Intermediate knowledge of data analysis and interpretation, must understand how to tell a story with data

Strong presenting skills

Excitement around product and knowledge of the sports industry

Ability to use MS Word, Power Point

Ability to communicate effectively in English, both written and verbal.

Strong attention to detail

Ability to exercise good judgment and decision-making skills

Ability to work collaboratively within a team

Ability to work under pressure.

Demonstrate an ability to guide through complex and ambiguous environments


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