Deputy Director - Brand Management

Deputy Director - Brand Management www.myntra.c

Role:

• Lead buying for key brands within Myntra’s Private Labels & Licenses portfolio
• A comprehensive role which involves all aspects of business – Analytics, Financial planning, Range planning, Brand Strategy, Marketplace Vendor Management, OTB management

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to optimize sales for products o Revenue
  • Margins
  • Category growth
• Range Planning
  • Season learnings
  • Product-Brand-Category mapping
  • Pricing architecture for each category
  • Effectively planning and forecasting in order to maximize profitability
  • Trend forecasts and implement sale plans
  • Financial analysis - Sales, Margin, Discount and Inventory related analysis
• Option planning
  • OTB working along with the central planning team
• Inventory Management
  • Planning for the inventory flow for entire category
  • Coordinating with Sourcing team for timely inwards
• Team Management
  • Leading a team of 1-2 buyers
• Marketplace operations
  • Coordinating with MP vendors to ensure the category gaps are appropriately fulfilled, the collection is live on time, pricing is as per demand
• Cross-functional engagement
  • Speak with multiple cross-functional teams including Planning, Sales, Finance, Sourcing, Marketing, etc to ensure smooth execution for brand growth

Qualifications & Experience

• 6-9 years of experience in Fashion Buying and Merchandising
• Familiarity with category management for Apparel will be preferred
• Understanding of market dynamics and sound business judgement
• Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships
• Comfortable with figures and in collecting, analysing and interpreting data