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 In

📌 Assistant Manager Buying (Noida)
🏢 KAZO Brands
📍 Noida