Junior Buyer Value Channel - EM South

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization

To execute the product strategy for Hybrid stores. Responsibilities include an array of projects & tasks related to range building and seasonal product strategy. This individual will work on cross-functional projects at both hub and cluster level and will have high interaction with other functions such as Operations, Trade and Allocation, Category Management (CTC) & Visual Merchandising.

Key Responsibilities

• Create weekly product insight reports and present during trade call – store trends and performance

• Support in building assortments for both inline seasonal ranges, GFO as well as clearance product for Hybrid and Value stores.

• Support Hybrid stores on execution of campaigns, promotions, and product needs.

• Review bestsellers and blackhole product, suggest actions on inventory movement and top-up orders.

• Manage product seasonal flow and new store product strategy.

• Pull basic reports using Power BI, and provide strong interpretation of data

• Completion of seasonal comp shop

• Maintain awareness of global trends and showcase effective ways of keeping abreast of consumer movements in store.

• Work closely with Omni to plan and execute launches and promotions

• Work closely with T&A, Ecom and CS teams to ensure in-season product strategy and pricing is executed and maintained.

• Execute in-season commercial trade opportunities in line with commercial needs / stock opportunities through weekly review of ATP.

• Work closely with VC Merchandise Buying Manager, local sourcing team and CTC to curate and brief in local production Value Channel range.

• Analyse Hybrid store performance and manage weekly check-ins with store managers

• Create strong relationships with CS, eCOM merchandising team

Key Relationships

• Value Channel Merchandise Buyer and T&A team

• CS and Omni Buyers

• Value Channel HUB Merchandise team

• Cluster and HUB CTC teams

• Brand, Omnichannel teams

• Local sourcing team

• Field team

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Excellent understanding of range & assortment building: a proven record of building compelling assortments balancing out brand & commercial ambitions

• Intermediate knowledge of data analysis and interpretation, must understand how to tell a story with data

• Strong presenting skills

• Excitement around product and knowledge of the sports industry

• Ability to use MS Word, Power Point

• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both written and verbal.

• Strong attention to detail

• Ability to exercise good judgment and decision-making skills

• Ability to work collaboratively within a team

• Ability to work under pressure.

• Demonstrate an ability to guide through complex and ambiguous environments

Requisite

Education and Experience /

Minimum Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualification

• 3 – 4+ years of working experience within a Buying Department of a medium-large size retail/ecommerce organization