Associate - Buying & Merchandising

Associate – Buying/Key Account Management (Jewelry)

Function : MFB

Roles:

• Responsible for managing business portfolio for Jewelry Category with focus on Growth and
  increasing the market share.
  
• Analytics, Financial planning, Range planning, Co-ordination– vendors & team.
  
• Business Development, Seller management.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to optimize sales by monitoring:
  o Revenue
  o Margins
  o Growth of Category
  o Review style level performance based on metrics such as ROS, DRR, Discount.
  o Financial analysis - Sales, Margin, Discount and Inventory related analysis

Range/ Assortment Planning

• Product-Brand mapping
  
• Season wise Product Range planning/ Assortment working based on past performance & growth / revenue targets to ensure that the BU is well represented
  
• Effectively planning and forecasting in order to maximize profitability
  
• Trend forecasts and implement sales plans.
  
• Actively participate in Brand development/ Range/Product development through analytics-based insights
  Visibility Planning
  
• Category visibility planning & interventions – planning banners for respective brands and raising banner requests on time
  Vendor Management
  
• Identify gaps in product offerings & subsequently introduce / onboard new vendors across whitespaces
  
• Vendor-Product Mapping, Range Selection
  
• Seller growth management, grievance resolution coordination with stakeholders.

Qualifications & Experience

2-4 years of experience in Accessories/Jewelry categories. (Preferably E- Comm)

Familiarity with Category management with understanding of Market dynamics and sound business judgement.

• Strong MS Excel skills with numbers acumen and be comfortable in collecting, analyzing and interpreting data.
  
• Good organizational skills including prioritizing, scheduling, time management, and meeting Deadlines.
  
• Willingness to learn, innovate, take initiatives.
  
• Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships.
  
• Customer centric, creative & analytical problem-solving mindset