Buyer - Undergarments & Shapewear (Cape Town)

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 capability, a sound understanding of fashion retail and lingerie product, and the ability to use customer, market, and sales insights to make informed buying decisions.

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 design direction, local and international trend research, current and historical trade data, customer analytics, 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 Undergarments and Shapewear ranges.
• Conduct range development workshops to ensure products are on-brand, trend-relevant, customer-focused, and aligned with strategic growth objectives.
• Work closely with Design to deliver the appropriate balance of styling, fabric, colour, and price architecture.
• Ensure product development remains aligned with critical path and merchandise cycle milestones.
• Collaborate with Sourcing on product development, including new concepts, supplier selection, costings, technical packs, packaging, and quotation appr

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