Vendor Management

- To maintain a productive relationship with vendors that is mutually beneficial to the company and artisans.

- Deploy orders to DP vendors judiciously and create an approved list of nominated vendors with PHs

- Working closely with PH and QC on vendor rating and allocate PH and vendors for future order placements

- To develop a competent base of vendors & ensure balanced distribution of work

- To identify & grow new vendors to achieve goals of product offer & price

- Production To monitor production tracker of every style in the category and take early calls for opportunity maximization

- To ensure support to markets by providing ontime delivery as per seasonal requirements & promotion calendar timelines

- To prexempt delay & production failures & to come up with quick fire fighting solutions

Inventory Management

- Responsible for managing inventory at PH and Markets.

- Ensure effective planning and forecasting in order to optimise the inventory levels.

- Maintain the fine balance between perennial orders & push to optimize sales & manage stocks

- Pricing Develop effective pricing strategies; Buying and selling at right price to ensure targetted GPs

- Quality To work with QA team to influence establishment of quality standards for the products

- To take timely and effective commercial decisions

- Documentation & Report Analysis To ensure that periodic reports related to category performance / Dashboards are made available as per the timeline and handle any query that may arise

- Market Interactions Regularly interacting and visiting the stores to gather first hand customer response to the merchandise offering - style, quality, display & pricing.

- Observe customer's purchase behaviour and commission researches to understand future product development / styling needs and pricing decisions

- To interact with MRHs on specifics to help them achieve their target, faster growth

- To present range to markets for categories future buys

- Team Management / Team Development To hire deploy and manage team to enhance team productivity

- To provide support, motivation and encouragement to colleagues and team members & explore job rotations and career planning

- To handle conflicts, team member's nonperformance through mentoring and coaching

- To identify training needs for the team and ensure they are addressed

- Delegate & empower team for enhanced performance without abdicating responsibility

- To work collectively and in collaborating manner across departments for enhanced productivity

Knowledge Required:

- Business Management

- Product Knowledge

- Merchandising, Sampling, Costing

- Sourcing and Vendor Management

- Retail Operations

- Marketing & Communications

- Consumer Research

- Crafts and textiles

Skills Required:

- Focus on Results

- Analytical Skills

- Planning and Organizing

- Ability to Train and Lead

- Communication skills

- Interpersonal Skills

- Innovation and openness to learning

- Customer focus

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