Key Responsibilities

1. Category Buying
- Develop the seasonal and annual buying strategy for Bags & Accessories in line with brand positioning and business objectives.
- Analyse market trends, fashion directions, customer preferences and competitor offerings to identify recent product opportunities.
- Build and maintain the category assortment across EBO, SIS and other relevant channels.
- Finalise product assortment based on category performance, price architecture, customer profile and store/channel requirements.
- Work with Design/Sourcing teams to develop commercially viable products and collections.
- Conduct regular competitor and market analysis on product, price, assortment, promotions and newness.
- Ensure the right balance of core, fashion, seasonal and trend-led products.

2. Merchandise Planning
- Prepare seasonal, monthly and category-level sales and inventory plans.
- Develop OTB (Open-to-Buy) plans based on sales targets, stock requirements and inventory budgets.
- Plan category-wise option count, depth, size/colour mix and store/channel allocation.
- Set sales,



margin, stock and sell-through targets for the category.
- Monitor actual performance against plan and identify gaps and corrective actions.
- Plan stock requirements considering seasonality, launches, promotions and business growth.

3. Inventory & Stock Management
- Maintain optimum inventory levels and ensure healthy stock cover and stock productivity.
- Monitor sell-through, stock turn, ageing, WOS/stock cover and OOS on a regular basis.
- Identify slow-moving and non-performing products and recommend appropriate actions.
- Ensure timely replenishment of fast-moving/core products.
- Plan markdowns, promotions and liquidation strategies in coordination with the relevant teams.
- Minimise excess, aged and obsolete inventory while maintaining adequate availability.

4. Business & Commercial Management
- Own category performance against Sales, Gross Margin, Sell-Through, Stock Turn and Inventor

📌 Assistant Buying Manager (Noida)
🏢 Kazo Fashion
📍 Noida