Retail / Lifestyle / Fashion / Accessories / Home & Gifting
5-7 years

About the Role
We are looking for an Assistant Manager / Manager - Buying & Retail Merchandising who will be responsible for selecting the right products, planning the right quantities and ensuring the right merchandise reaches the right stores at the right time.
The role will work closely with Design, Product, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Visual Merchandising and Retail teams to improve sales, margins, inventory movement and overall product performance across stores.

Key Responsibilities
1. Buying & Range Planning
• Plan the seasonal product assortment based on sales trends, customer preferences and business
requirements.
• Decide the right product mix, quantity, price points and category mix for each season.
• Analyse past sales performance to understand what products should be repeated, refreshed or
discontinued.
• Identify gaps in the current assortment and recommend recent products or categories.
• Work closely with Design and Product teams while finalising new collections and ranges.

2.



Vendor & Purchase Management
• Identify and work with suitable vendors and suppliers.
• Negotiate costs, MOQs, margins, lead times and commercial terms.
• Ensure product costings and margins are in line with business expectations.
• Coordinate purchase orders and closely track production and delivery timelines.
• Work with Sourcing, Quality and Supply Chain teams to ensure products reach stores on time and meet required quality standards.

3. Retail Merchandising & Allocation
• Ensure every store carries the right merchandise based on its size, location, customer profile and sales
potential.
• Work with the planning/allocation team on store-wise product allocation and replenishment.
• Ensure adequate stock availability of key and fast-moving products.
• Monitor store-level inventory and identify overstocking, understocking and slow-moving merchandise.
• Regularly interact with Store Managers and Regional Managers

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