About Us Our Story Started in Kolkata, West Bengal. The Year 1993.
India was on the precipice of significant social change with increasing influences from the West.
India's youth were beginning to stir, seeking exciting contemporary lifestyle experiences. The directors of the Turtle Clothing Company understood that the Indian Fashion landscape was to change forever. Embracing these dynamic changes the brand delivered to the high streets of India, a modern product and brand that appealed to this new youth movement.
Today, 30 years later brand Turtle continue to deliver the best of global styling and inspirations, whilst staying true to their heritage.
Job Purpose
To ensure right representation of Menswear strategy across channels – Offline & Digital
To build the right product offering to suit the customer profile and maximize full price sell through.
Roles & Responsibilities
Buying, range selection, Assortment / option planning, range development
Forecast trends and share inputs with design team for range creation
Weekly analysis and review of sell thru reports to assess merchandise performance (mid-season sales analysis/sell thru analysis (EBO+LFS Channel). Highlight season performance, best sellers and take requisite corrective action on bottom sellers to achieve the desired sell thru and margin target for the season.




Placing orders for seasonal requirement to meet critical path for launch and deliver on sales plan, respond to in season variables to address any immediate gap
Analyzing historical performance to be able to support buying decisions
Preparing season learning to the stakeholders
Sharing product inputs for in season/end of season for markdown planning
Maintaining awareness of competition’s product offering
Standardization of internal reports including catalogue, seasonal presentations, Order sheets
Achieving targeted full price sell through in sync with commercial targets for the season.
Achieving target OTB/Budget fulfilment for the season.
Core ordering tracker
Omni channel product update (O2O)
Key Internal Relationships & Stakeholders
Head of Buying & Merchandising (Reporting Manager)
Sourcing Team
Retail Sales & Visual Merchandising Team (VM)
Marketing & E-Commerce Teams
Desired Candidate Profile
Postgraduate in Fashion Management/Retail from National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) is mandatory.
Experience of 6-8 years in product Buying from Apparel only (Menswear preferable)
Buying experience with International Brands / Retailers is highly desirable.
Proficient in MS-Office (Excel, PPT).
Thorough understanding of buying, products and Menswear trends in the market

📌 Manager - Buying (Menswear) (Kolkata)
🏢 TURTLE
📍 Kolkata