Buyer

Marks & Spencer; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Marks & Spencer India seeks a Graduate in Fashion Management/Retail for Seasonal Buying across international and domestic sourcing. Based in Gurgaon, you will support range planning, analyze sales performance, and collaborate with Sourcing, Merchandising, and SCM to drive timely launches.

The role requires 2-4 years of product buying experience in apparels, proficiency in MS-Office, and strong trend analysis.

Qualifications

• Graduate in Fashion Management/Retail is required.
• 2-4 years of experience in product Buying in Apparels.
• Proficient with MS-Office.
• Good understanding of trend analysis and range development.

Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end product lifecycle management — from range planning to seasonal and top-up order closures for both international and domestic sourcing.
• Analyse sales performance and product sell-through; provide actionable feedback to the Buyer, Traders, and Merchandisers to influence future buying decisions.
• Lead margin negotiations with the Sourcing team for localised lines and manage fulfilment tracking across all season launches, including key marketing and window lines.
• Capture seasonal lessons learnt and translate them into clear, forward-looking action points for the next season.
• Monitor WGSN trends, runway insights, and competitor activity to provide timely and relevant trend feedback for range development.
• Conduct regular market visits for product gap identification and competition analysis; ensure two-way communication with SCM and Sourcing for order tracking across import and domestic lines.
• Partner with cross-functional teams — Retail, Ecommerce, Marketing, and VM — to drive product performance across Business Units and categories; maintain data hygiene across central product documents.

Skills

Trend analysis

Merchandising sense

Education

Graduate in Fashion Management/Retail

Tools

MS-Office

Job description

DLF Cybercity, Infinity Tower - C, Gurgaon, Haryana, India

3 - 5 Years

Full Time

Job Description

Job Purpose:

• - Seasonal Buying from the International Range for all M&S India stores, our website and External Partners.
• - Identifying sales opportunities & product gaps, addressing the same via product development in collaboration with the UK team or Sourcing team.
• - Order tracking management for Import and domestic orders.
• - Analysis of product performance at Range, Subrange, Trend and style Level.
• - Keeping a close eye on external trends and competition for Market mapping

Key Deliverables (Essential functions & Responsibilities of the Job)

• Support end-to-end product lifecycle management — from range planning to seasonal and top-up order closures for both international and domestic sourcing.
• Analyse sales performance and product sell-through; provide actionable feedback to the Buyer, Traders, and Merchandisers to influence future buying decisions.
• Lead margin negotiations with the Sourcing team for localised lines and manage fulfilment tracking across all season launches, including key marketing and window lines.
• Capture seasonal lessons learnt and translate them into clear, forward-looking action points for the next season.
• Monitor WGSN trends, runway insights, and competitor activity to provide timely and relevant trend feedback for range development.
• Conduct regular market visits for product gap identification and competition analysis; ensure two-way communication with SCM and Sourcing for order tracking across import and domestic lines.
• Partner with cross-functional teams — Retail, Ecommerce, Marketing, and VM — to drive product performance across Business Units and categories; maintain data hygiene across central product documents.

Key relationships and stakeholders:

• Sourcing team
• Supply Chain Teams
• Retail & VM Team
• Marketing Team
• Internal Ecommerce teams for M&S.in and digital partners
• Finance and Accounts Team

Education and Work Experience:

• Graduate in Fashion Management/Retail
• 2-4 years of experience in product Buying in Apparels
• Proficient with MS-Office
• Good understanding of trend analysis and range development

Job Snapshot

• Updated Date
• 02-11-2026
• Job ID
• Job_106
• Department
• Buying
• Location
• Location DLF Cybercity, Infinity Tower - C, Gurgaon, Haryana, India