Key Skills: Senior Merchandising Manager , buying, merchandising, category, analysis, plannning, Planogram, Space Planning, Category Mix

Would be responsible for:

Category management

Vendor identification, negotiation of commercials, short-listing of the potential vendors as partners.

Merchandising Budgeting and buying products with best commercials.

Creating special range of products and creating in-house labels.

Range planning and preparation of OTB.

Responsible for the Category performances in terms of sales, margins & stock turns.

Responsible for the display systems, methods and V.M in the respective category.

Coordinating the payments process sales tax, maintaining a healthy bottom-line and related issue in advisory capacity.

Revenue Generation

Preparing Budgets.

Ensures sales to stock norms are maintained

Ensure that the stocks are as per the stores requirements

Maintains and grows the Category and its Stores share and sales

Achieves Sales targets and ensures profitability of the Category.

Developing new avenues for promoting the Category.

Operations

Ensures that all the activities day to day basis.

Coordinates with Store on issues relating to Brands and Merchandise.

Coordinates with Store team to ensure proper running of the Schemes.

Coordinates with Vendors to ensure timely refills of merchandise.

Competition Mapping

Develop awareness about the organized, unorganized Category segments and Identifying their strengths and weaknesses.

Identifying competitors in each and every brand Comparing their prices, their supplies with that of ours.

Comparing the physical appearances of category, and Area allocation per brand of competitors.

Space Management

Analyze space allocation Brand-wise with respect to the Sales generated, Stock capacity & Season, sales / sq ft, contribution / sq ft.

Increase or decrease space allocation and make alteration of fittings on the basis of such analyses.

Desired Profile

Candidate should have 12+ yrs of experience in merchandising / category management - (Kidswear / Ladies Ethnic / Ladies Western)

Should be from Fashion Retail industry
Experience 12 - 16 Years
Industry Type Retail, Wholesale
Role Merchandiser
Functional Area Fashion, Garments, Merchandising
Education UG - Any Graduate - Any Specialization
PG - Any PG Course - Any Specialization, PG Diploma
Compensation: INR 18,00,000 - 20,00,000 P.A

Our client is a BPO/KPO arm of a leading business house into diversified businesses.