Senior Buyer - Home Soft DÃcor & Kids

Woolworths; Cape Town; In loco; ZAR 540.000 - 780.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Woolworths in Cape Town is seeking a skilled professional to develop a customer-focused seasonal product strategy that aligns with company objectives. This role requires overseeing the product lifecycle from conception to in-store execution, ensuring profitable and trend-appropriate assortments.

Key responsibilities include collaborating with cross-functional teams, conducting trade analysis, and mentoring junior team members. As a proud South African brand, Woolworths emphasizes transformation and employment equity in recruitment decisions.

Competenze

• Experience in developing seasonal product strategies and execution.
• Strong stakeholder collaboration skills across multiple departments.
• Ability to analyze market trends and product performance.

Mansioni

• Develop a customer-led seasonal strategy aligned to business objectives.
• Lead range building with Design, Sourcing, and Planning.
• Oversee product lifecycle from concept to execution.

Descrizione del lavoro

Build a customer focused and profitable seasonal product strategy that aligns with the company strategy and brand filter, ensuring it is trend appropriate and commercially viable. Oversee the journey from product conception to in-store execution, ensuring a balanced range. Deliver on-brand product execution that appeals to our customer.

Stakeholder collaboration with Planning, Design, Sourcing & Production, Marketing and Sales management to meet sales and KPI's. Manage, coach and mentor Buyer 1 and Buyers Assistant.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing and executing a customer-led seasonal strategy aligned to key business objectives and brand positioning.
• Leading range building by partnering with Design, Sourcing and Planning to deliver trend-right, profitable assortments across channels.
• Leveraging insights from data, trend forecasts (e.g. EDITED, WGSN), customer analytics, and market research to inform product direction.
• Overseeing the full product lifecycle, from concept development to final sign-off ensuring product quality, pricing architecture and innovation.
• Conducting regular trade analysis to track product performance and implement actions that drive sales, improve margin, and manage stock health.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams (Marketing, Technical, Visual Merchandising) to ensure cohesive execution across touchpoints.
• Supporting the sourcing strategy by engaging with suppliers, managing costing, and ensuring adherence to the merchandise cycle.
• Mentoring and coaching Trainees & Buying Assistants, driving skills development, performance and career growth.
• Fostering strong internal and external relationships to influence outcomes and enhance collaboration across the value chain.

As a proud South African brand, Woolworths is committed to transformation. Meeting our employment equity goals will be taken into account in our recruitment decisions.