Lead-Buying & Merchandising

Reliance Brands Limited; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Reliance Brands Limited is seeking a senior leader to own end-to-end buying and merchandising, shaping product strategy and seasonal assortments for the Indian market. You will drive OTB, inventory productivity, and commercial outcomes while partnering with global teams to maintain brand integrity.

You will lead a growing team across categories, oversee budgets, and collaborate with Planning, Retail, VM, Marketing, E-commerce and Supply Chain to deliver commercially relevant assortment

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of buying/merchandising experience.
• Experience in premium, luxury, bridge-to-luxury or international fashion brands preferred.
• Strong apparel and accessories buying experience.
• Proven ownership of sizeable buying budgets and commercial outcomes.
• Strong understanding of Indian fashion consumer and retail landscape.
• Excellent stakeholder management and team leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Own annual and seasonal buying strategy across categories.
• Drive assortment planning, option selection, quantity planning and localisation.
• Own OTB, sales, margin, sell-through and inventory productivity.
• Analyse consumer, market and competition trends to identify growth opportunities.
• Partner with global teams on collections, product direction and market feedback.
• Work closely with Planning, Retail, VM, Marketing, E-commerce and Supply Chain.
• Identify new category/product opportunities relevant to the Indian consumer.
• Lead and develop the buying/merchandising team.

Skills

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Buying leadership

Budget ownership

Market insights

Apparel buying

Accessories buying

Indian market knowledge

Job description

Lead the end-to-end buying and merchandising function, owning product strategy, seasonal assortment, OTB, inventory and commercial outcomes. The role will work closely with global and internal stakeholders to build a commercially relevant India assortment while maintaining brand/product integrity.

Key Responsibilities

• Own annual and seasonal buying strategy across categories.


• Drive assortment planning, option selection, quantity planning and localisation.


• Own OTB, sales, margin, sell-through and inventory productivity.


• Analyse consumer, market and competition trends to identify growth opportunities.


• Partner with global teams on collections, product direction and market feedback.


• Work closely with Planning, Retail, VM, Marketing, E-commerce and Supply Chain.


• Identify new category/product opportunities relevant to the Indian consumer.


• Lead and develop the buying/merchandising team.

Ideal Profile

• 10–15 years of buying/merchandising experience.


• Experience in premium, luxury, bridge-to-luxury or international fashion brands preferred.


• Strong apparel and accessories buying experience.


• Proven ownership of sizeable buying budgets and commercial outcomes.


• Strong understanding of Indian fashion consumer and retail landscape.


• Excellent stakeholder management and team leadership skills.