Buyer & Planner – Retail Footwear & Bags

Department: Buying & Merchandise Planning

Industry: Retail – Footwear & Bags

Product Categories:

- Ladies’ Chappals & Footwear
- Gents’ Chappals & Footwear
- Ladies’ Bags
- Gents’ Bags
- Fashion & Lifestyle Accessories

Key Responsibilities:

- Plan and purchase products based on sales trends, customer demand, and seasonal requirements.
- Identify and source new products, suppliers, brands, and manufacturers.
- Manage product assortment, quantity, pricing, and purchase planning.
- Analyse sales, stock, sell-through, and inventory movement.
- Prepare purchase orders and coordinate with suppliers for timely delivery.
- Maintain optimum stock levels across multiple retail stores.
- Identify fast-moving and slow-moving products and take corrective actions.
- Plan seasonal collections, new launches, promotions, and replenishment.
- Coordinate with suppliers regarding quality, pricing, lead time, and payment terms.
- Work closely with Sales, Inventory, Marketing, and Store Operations teams.




- Conduct market research to identify new footwear and bag trends.
- Negotiate purchase prices and commercial terms with suppliers.
- Monitor product performance and recommend replacement or discontinuation of slow-moving items.

Preferred Candidate:

- 2–5 years of experience in Buying, Merchandising, Merchandise Planning, or Purchase.
- Experience in Footwear, Bags, Fashion, Lifestyle, or Retail preferred.
- Robust knowledge of product trends and retail market.
- Good negotiation and vendor-management skills.
- Strong Excel skills; knowledge of VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, MIS and sales analysis preferred.
- Good analytical and communication skills.
- Ability to work with multiple stores and product categories.

Job Title options: Buyer & Merchandise Planner – Footwear & Bags or

Retail Buyer & Planner – Footwear, Chappals & Bags

Pay: ₹25,000.00 - ₹1,710,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person

📌 Buyer/Planner (Kochi)
🏢 SYLCON FASHIONu0026LIFESTYLE
📍 Kochi