Build rich and well-informed perspectives on local consumer and market dynamics, cultural influences, general trends and competitive intelligence.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute towards the execution of winning product assortments.
- Leverage this deep understanding of local consumer & customer needs to brief and address market-specific requirements & opportunities.
- Build product assortments from the regional product line across all categories & channels, while enabling & managing the local redevelopment process.
- Lead marketplace mapping, assortment segmentation, in-season merchandising, and product performance monitoring.
- Build gender, category, channel, account level within the regional guidelines to ensure a consistent look and feel.
- Deep understanding of local socio, political and creative trends and ability to anticipate consumer behaviors and inform the regional brand responses.
- Interpret and incorporate local brief needs into requirements for the regional teams.
- Contribute to all aspects of Product Development activities.
- Inform and implement brand strategies.
- Identify and assist in developing quick response products.
- Inform an assortment plan that considers all local requirements.
- Thoughtfully manages risk to take advantage on market opportunities.
- Monitor and share competitor trends including pricing strategies for different accounts, channels and consumer segments.
- 4-year Degree or relevant diploma
- Minimum of 5+ years work experience as a buyer
- Experience in menswear
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proven track record of managing processes end to end
- Business Insight
- Accountable
- Ability to collaborate
- Cultivates Innovation
- Manages conflict
- Customer Focus
- Demonstrates Self-Awareness
- Being Resilient
- Has strong analytical skills
- Stakeholder engagement and management