Buyers | Cape Town | Online Fashion Brand

Recruit for Africa PTY Limited; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading online international fashion brand is looking for an experienced Buyer in Womenswear to join their team in Cape Town. This role involves managing a small buying portfolio, establishing supplier relations, and executing merchandise strategies to optimize sales. Ideal candidates will have a tertiary qualification and significant negotiation skills, along with a proactive and organized approach to their work.

Qualifications

• 2 years' experience as a buyer or assistant buyer.
• Excellent critical thinking and negotiation skills required.
• Strong analytical ability to inform decisions.

Responsibilities

• Manage a small buying portfolio and support the Buyer.
• Nurture relationships with local and international merchants.
• Conduct trend forecasting and monitor merchandise strategy.

Skills

Negotiation

Critical thinking

Communication

Analytical ability

Organizational skills

Education

Tertiary degree, diploma or certificate

Job description

Buyers | Cape Town | Online Fashion Brand

Well known Online International Fashion Brand is seeking an experienced BUYER in Womenswear to join their team in Cape Town. As a Buyer you will contribute to the continued growth of the brand. Your primary responsibility will be to manage a small buying portfolio with guidance from the Buying Manager and to support the department across all administrative functions related to the purchasing of products.

Duties and responsibilities to include but not limited to:

• Responsible for managing a small portfolio alongside supporting the Buyer on administrative work.
• Work with a buyer in nurturing and procuring relationships with merchants, both local and international brands.
• Identify new and on trend businesses and products for your portfolio.
• Supplier relations – maintain and build key accounts with merchants.
• Trend forecasting and analysis.
• Develop, execute and monitor merchandise strategy.
• Work alongside planning to establish buying plans and strategies that will maximize sales margin and profit.
• Conduct monthly comp shops and apply learnings.
• Analyze product performance and react to trading conditions.
• Timely placement and delivery of purchase orders.
• Complete spreadsheets accurately and gather all required product data.
• Administrative tasks around buying and uploading product data onto our system.

Skills and Experience required:

• Tertiary degree, diploma or certificate is advantageous
• 2 years’ experience as a buyer or assistant buyer
• A master negotiator
• Ability to think on his/her feet
• Critical thinking
• Excellent communication skills.
• Good organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Managing competing priorities
• Proven decision-making ability.
• Resilient, dedicated and self-motivated
• Strong business acumen and merchant thinking
• Strong analytical ability, uses data to inform decisions, identify the root cause and resolve problems
• Strong willingness to learn
• Proven track record of negotiation and stakeholder management
• Entrepreneurial/commercial mindset Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude; self-motivated
• Ability to manage self and an assistant according to clear prioritization and structured planning
• ability to build lasting supplier relationships and manage according to SLAs (existing industry networks a significant plus)
• Understanding of the key business drivers within online retail

Salary R21,000 to R33,000 CTC depending on experience
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