04 Nov
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Marks And Spencer
|
Gurugram
04 Nov
Marks And Spencer
Gurugram
Job Purpose:
- Seasonal Buying from the International Range for all M&S; India stores, our website and External Partners.
- Identifying sales opportunities & product gaps, addressing the same via product development in collaboration with the UK team or Sourcing team.
- Order tracking management for Import and domestic orders.
- Analysis of product performance at Range, Subrange, Trend and style Level.
- Keeping a close eye on external trends and competition for Market mappingKey Deliverables (Essential functions & Responsibilities of the Job):
- Support end-to-end product lifecycle management — from range planning to seasonal and top-up order closures for both international and domestic sourcing.
- Analyse sales performance and product sell-through; provide actionable feedback to the Buyer, Traders, and Merchandisers to influence future buying decisions.
- Lead margin negotiations with the Sourcing team for localised lines and manage fulfilment tracking across all season launches, including key marketing and window lines.
- Capture seasonal lessons learnt and translate them into clear, forward-looking action points for the next season.
- Monitor WGSN trends, runway insights, and competitor activity to provide timely and relevant trend feedback for range development.
- Conduct regular market visits for product gap identification and competition analysis; ensure two-way communication with SCM and Sourcing for order tracking across import and domestic lines.
- Partner with cross-functional teams — Retail, Ecommerce, Marketing, and VM — to drive product performance across Business Units and categories; maintain data hygiene across central product documents.
Key relationships and stakeholders:
· Sourcing team
· Supply Chain Teams
· Retail & VM Team
· Marketing Team
· Internal Ecommerce teams for M&S.in; and digital partners
· Finance and Accounts Team
Education and Work Experience:
· Graduate in Fashion Management/Retail
· 2-4 years of experience in product Buying in Apparels
· Proficient with MS-Office· Valuable understanding of trend analysis and range development
📌 Buyer (Gurugram)
🏢 Marks And Spencer
📍 Gurugram