Trainee Buyer

FashionUnited; Durban; Vor Ort; ZAR 120.000 - 160.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Mr Price Group Limited is seeking a Trainee Merchandise Buyer to support the Buyer in sourcing merchandise at the best price within the company’s strategy. The role provides a structured development program to learn the full merchandising process and critical path, ensuring orders are placed on time.

Training covers product knowledge, supplier negotiations, assortment building, quality standards and trend analysis.

Qualifikationen

• Numerical skills required.
• Knowledge of current fashion trends is advantageous.
• Deal with supplier negotiations and product knowledge.

Aufgaben

• Collaborate to ensure orders are placed on time and critical paths are met.
• Complete development program to understand the full merchandise process and critical path.
• Assist in analyzing current trade and product performance to propose opportunities to maximize sales and minimize risk.

Kenntnisse

Numerical skills

Ausbildung

Clothing management

Textiles

Jobbeschreibung

The Trainee Merchandise Buyer career opportunities are aimed at producing fully trained and equipped Retail Merchandiser Buyers for our business. The objective of your role will be to support the Buyer in sourcing the best merchandise at the best price, within the company’s strategy.

Critical Path Management:

• Collaborate within the department to ensure that orders are placed timeously and critical path deadlines are met in order to achieve desired results for the department.

Training & Development:

• Complete development program in order to understand the full merchandise process, product knowledge and critical path (e.g. product post mortem & strategy, supplier negotiations, assortment building, quality standards & fit process, product review, marketing, trends, etc.).

Current Trade:

• Assist in analyzing & reacting to current trade and product performance for the department in order to propose opportunities to potentialize sales & minimize risk.

Degree or Diploma in

• Clothing management
• Textiles
• Knowledge of current trends.
• Numerical skills.

Mr Price Group Limited is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to Employment Equity.