Senior Buyer – Womenswear 12Month FTC needed at Woolworths

Introduction

• Develop a customer-focused, trend-relevant, and commercially viable seasonal product strategy for Womenswear that aligns with the department strategy and brand filter. Lead the end-to-end product lifecycle, from concept to in-store execution, ensuring a balanced, on-brand range that resonates with our customer.

Job description
Develop Seasonal Plans:

• Create and execute departmental seasonal plans, ensuring alignment with Group Strategy, utilising data from various sources such as customer analytics, trend research, and competitive intelligence. 

Build Profitable Product Range:

• Lead workshops to develop on-brand, trend-appropriate ranges in collaboration with design and sourcing teams, ensuring alignment with critical path milestones and financial targets.

Customer Understanding & Competitive Intelligence:

• Work with Marketing to understand customer needs and use market research, customer feedback, and trend data to inform product development and marketing strategies.

Trade the Product Range:

• Analyse weekly sales trade reports, collaborate with planners and sourcing teams to adjust product volumes, markdowns, and promotional strategies to optimize sales performance.

People Management:

• Lead and mentor a team of buyers and assistants, ensuring skills transfer and development.

Minimum requirements

• Experience at a Senior Buyer level, with strong commercial acumen and trend knowledge.
• Skilled in cross-functional collaboration, managing product ranges, and driving sales performance.
• Excellent leadership abilities, with a passion for mentoring and developing teams.
• Knowledge of current trends and proven ability to interpret trends and conceptualise products
• Excellent understanding of market, awareness of locally and international with a creative flair to interpret forthcoming moods, trends and themes 
• Demonstrates the ability to think strategically and formulate effective plans and strategies.
• Understanding of business and buying processes and systems
• Knowledge of markdown and mark up pricing, visibility to drive sales, sell-through
• Proven experience in delivering and executing business and BU strategy
• Ability to travel both locally and internationally
• Strong numerical and analytical skill