Buyer

Description

As a Buyer you will contribute to the continued growth of the Merchandise Division for Pepkor Lifestyle within the Group Merchandise department. Your primary accountability is to build balanced range assortments throughout the Wearables, Networking and Storage category for the various brands in the Division.

Key Requirements

• Use internal and external trend sources to confidently compile and present quarterly product statistics, range reviews and post seasonal to retail heads, supported by sales, customer and trend data.
• Manage the product process from design, briefing and development to go live on site.
• Develop exit strategies for discontinued products/ ranges, whilst preserving overall margin.
• Build and maintain strong supplier relationships to negotiate best price, great value offers and exclusive stock in line with company strategy.
• Using source of supply to develop products based on global tren...