Buyer/assistant buyer

Job Purpose:

• Develop and deliver the most appropriate and comprehensive product range for each category that maximizes profitability through buying efficiencies, pricing and sales strategies

Responsibilities:

• Merchandising support in areas like category/stocks/market planning, pricing
• Knowledge of shipping documentation and co-ordination with forwarders, shipping companies, locally and overseas
• Maintain relationship with existing suppliers and source new suppliers for future products/brands
• Conduct training on new product and seasonal launches

• Able multi-task

Competencies

• Demonstrates creativity, integrity, passion and self-motivation
• Ability to make decisions, meet targets and work under pressure and managing workload with little direction
• Has business-like approach, uses tact and diplomacy when negotiating
• Absorbs and assesses information quickly
• Enjoys dealing with people whether by phone or in person
• Team Player

• Knowledge on key business drivers (eg: pricing, promotion, assortment, margins)
• Knowledge on financial retail calculations – OTB, markdowns, margins
• Negotiation skills
• Well versed in Microsoft office, especially excel. Good worksheets skills to generate structured reports
• Skilled in Photoshop/Illustrator is a good tool to have for needed alternations
• Able to communicate with intermediate writing skills for the bilingual languages ie Mandarin and English, in

order to communicate with Mandarin speaking supplier. Processing of documents in Mandarin is needed.

• Possesses Diploma in Fashion Design will be prioritized