Menswear Buyer | MRP Careers

MRP Careers – Menswear Buyer

As a Menswear Buyer at Mr Price, your role is to offer our customers mass-market, trend-led fashionable assortments of wanted items for the season at great value, with a focus on being in-house design-led in the future.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Current Trade:

• Drive current trade through reaction and agility to meet or exceed planned sales.
• Develop proactive action plans to address product performance issues in collaboration with planners and provide feedback to management.
• Communicate changes from current trade impacting other departments like resource, marketing, and visual merchandising.
• Monitor and manage sales by style, pre-production timelines, orders, and performance milestones to ensure delivery performance based on current trade.
• Manage supplier relationships and resolve delivery issues with suppliers.
• Conduct relevant competitor analysis and store visits, relaying findings to Buying Brand Merchant and team.

Post Mortem & Seasonal Strategy:

• Compile and present post mortem trade reports to senior business leaders, including competitor analysis, supplier performance, product execution, marketing, and trend feedback.
• Formulate a sub-category strategy for the seasonal assortment framework, ensuring item dominance and clarity of offer for customers.
• Formulate a seasonal supplier strategy with the team, considering risk balance and agility.
• Present seasonal strategy including sub-categories to senior business leaders.

Assortment, Booking & Production:

• Confirm trends, source samples, and present ranges based on strategy calls.
• Confirm supplier roll-up with the resource department.
• Work with designers to ensure timely production of graphics, artwork, and CAD building.
• Build assortments in collaboration with planners and present back to Brand Merchants if applicable.
• Prepare range ensuring alignment with seasonal strategic objectives and KPIs.
• Align booking process with production timelines and in-store deliveries.
• Ensure fit and pre-production sample process meets quality and price standards aligned with production timelines.
• Confirm and raise purchase orders with full detail.

Travel:

• Travel locally and abroad to assess market trends and provide detailed feedback accordingly.

Team Commitment:

• Actively contribute in all team meetings and working sessions.
• Provide direction and coaching to Trainee Buyers and/or Junior Buyers.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

• Diploma/Degree in Fashion Design or Clothing Management.

Experience:

• 3-4 years of buying experience.
• Manufacturing experience (advantageous).

Knowledge/Skills:

• Knowledge of garment construction, fabrics, fibers, and quality.
• Trading mentality.
• Negotiation and presentation skills.
• Product knowledge.
• Understanding of merchandise process.