Buyer - Lingerie & Sleepwear (Cape Town)
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Start free — we apply for you →The successful candidate will be responsible for driving sales, profitability, and market share through effective seasonal range planning, product development, sourcing, and in-season trading. This role requires strong commercial and analytical ability, a sound understanding of fashion retail, and the confidence to make data-driven product and trading decisions in a fast-paced environment.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Develop and execute the departmental seasonal buying and range plan in line with overall business objectives.
- Collaborate with Planning, Design, and Sourcing teams to develop product, fabric, and trading strategies that deliver agreed commercial KPIs.
- Utilise trend research, customer insights, current and historical trade data, competitor intelligence, benchmarking, and relevant industry platforms to inform seasonal product direction.
- Present seasonal product plans, including key strategic areas, must-win categories and items, and channel-specific considerations.
- Build balanced, commercially viable, and profitable ranges that meet customer expectations.
- Conduct range development workshops to ensure products are on-brand, trend-relevant, and aligned with strategic growth objectives.
- Work closely with Design to develop balanced ranges across styling, fabric, colour, and price architecture.
- Ensure product development remains aligned to critical path and merchandise cycle milestones.
- Collaborate with Sourcing on product development, including new concepts, supplier selection, costings, technical packs, packaging, and quotation approvals.
- Work closely with Technical Product Development teams on sample approvals, final s
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