Ackerman’s Buyer I WOMAN Standalone Business Unit
Location – Country : South Africa
Job Advert
An thrilling and difficult opportunity, based totally at our Support Centre in Kuils River, has simply turn out to be handy for a Buyer inside the WOMAN Standalone Business Unit.
We are searching for a resilient, environment friendly and brilliant go-getter to effectively select, recommend and procure excellent merchandise in accordance with the Company’s enterprise approach for the Ackermans WOMAN standalone shops and to develop this region of our business. This position, reporting immediately to the WOMAN Executive, is an thrilling and difficult possibility that will require the profitable candidate to make a contribution extensively to enabling our enterprise to reap its short- and long-term increase and profitability objectives.
Qualifications
• A Matric/Grade 12 certificate
• A applicable qualification in Fashion, Textile Design /Clothing Production/ Product Development /Merchandising, or a associated discipline
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
We are searching for an man or woman who has:
– information of SA’s retail garb market, clients and competitors
– an grasp of the Clothing Retail Cycle, integral direction & shopping for process
– an perception of applicable traits with a flair/eye for applicable product for our goal market
– applicable product expertise with regards to styling and constructions
– an grasp of product components
– a sound capability to analyse and work with numerical data
– service provider capabilities & a sound dealer mentality
– presentation skills
– a ardour for preserving up to date with the today’s trends, patterns and colours
– is ready in all of the trendy Microsoft applications Is in a position to:
– identify, distinguish, apprehend and investigate colours, CAD approvals and strike offs, engineer garments/products to attain the preferred cost proposition
– journey (approximately 4-6 foreign places journeys a year)
– recognize and interpret traits applicable to the product category
– create a shared imaginative and prescient and to positively have an impact on others
– construct ranges
– talk successfully at all stages each within, as nicely as backyard the company
– construct and hold at the same time really helpful relationships with suppliers
– correctly negotiate and impervious win-win agreements with others
Experience:
– three to 5 years established retail journey in womenswear merchandise
Key Responsibilities
1. To constantly improve and adapt product approach to efficaciously supply to the commercial enterprise unit
2. To gain and exceed the departmental influx margin and GP Rands, as signed off at the seasonal enterprise sketch meetings.
3. To construct a aggressive and balanced range by using understanding, decoding & making use of the applicable seasonal tendencies in accordance to the buying strategy.
4. To make sure the timeous execution of procurement administration; and to supply & procure the right merchandise in accordance with the agreed fine specs and standards
5. To consistently react to change in phrases of performance
6. To make sure that the vary helps agreed advertising campaigns and in-store VM
7. To constantly enhance product and constantly execute product to provide fine value
8. To efficaciously construct and hold dealer relationships, pick the right dealer for the fantastic product class and control them in accordance to the Company insurance policies and tactics with reference to the permitted commercial enterprise plan.
9. To efficaciously keep inner stakeholder relationships