Manager - Buying & Merchandising - Mango
Location
Bangalore | India
Job description
Manager - Buying & Merchandising
Role About Team - Responsible for category planning and management, and driving business outcomes
- A comprehensive role which involves all aspects of business – Operating plan development, financial planning, range planning, P&L management, inventory management and sales execution
Responsibilities - Business planning and category management for a large portfolio
- Annual Operating Plan (Revenue, Margin, Discounts, etc.)
- Monthly Operating Plans
- Category and brand specific growth plan
- P&L planning at category, brand level
- Range, Assortment and OTB Planning
- Assortment Planning – Data Analysis, Insights Generation, Options Planning (Width, Depth)
- OTB Planning at brand-category level, season planning
- Range level planning support – bets sizing, inventory planning
- Effective planning and forecasting in order to maximize profitability
- Competition / Market Analysis
- Sales and Inventory Management
- Planning for the inventory flow / DOH for entire category
- Category Health Management – STRs, DOH, Ageing, Portfolio Mix of Core / Fashion; Review and Course Corrections
- Monthly Sales planning and execution – coordination with sales and marketing teams
- P&L metrics tracking
- Team / Stakeholder Management - Working closely with buying, sourcing, brand, sales and planning teams for delivery of business plans
- Projects– Driving key initiatives / projects for category growth and profitability improvement across supply chain, planning, sales, etc.; Process Improvement across the value chain
Qualifications & Experience - 4-6 years of experience in category management;
- Some experience in fashion retail / brand management sector is preferred
- Strong business acumen with excellent analytical and problem solving skills; Strong with numbers and in collecting, analysing and interpreting data
- MBA from a top tier institute
- Strong experience and skills in cross functional stakeholder management
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