Senior Buyer - Lingerie: Panties (Cape Town)
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Start free — we apply for you →The successful candidate will take ownership of the end-to-end product journey, from concept and range development through sourcing, buying, and in-season trading, ensuring balanced and commercially viable ranges that deliver against sales, margin, and profitability targets. The role will also provide leadership, coaching, and mentorship to junior buying team members while building strong strategic relationships across Planning, Design, Sourcing, Marketing, Sales, and other key stakeholders.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Develop and execute the departmental seasonal product strategy and buying plan in line with overall business objectives.
- Collaborate with Planning and Sourcing 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, and benchmarking to inform seasonal product direction.
- Present seasonal plans, including key strategic areas, must-win categories and items, and channel-specific considerations.
- Build profitable, balanced, and customer-focused product ranges.
- Conduct range development workshops to ensure products are on-brand, trend-relevant, commercially viable, and aligned with customer expectations.
- Incorporate local and international market analysis, competitive intelligence, and benchmarking into range development.
- Identify product categories and opportunities for growth, optimisation, or exit in line with strategic objectives.
- Collaborate with Design to develop balanced ranges across styling, fabric, colour, and price architecture.
- Ensure product development remains aligned with critical path and merchandise cycle milestones.
- Partner with Sourcing on product development, including new concepts, supplier selection, costings, technical packs, packaging, and quotation approvals.
- Collaborate with Technical Product Development teams on sample approvals, product reviews, final sign-offs, product presentations, and innovation opportunities.
- Introduce new produ
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