Buying Manager – Fashion
This is an open vacancy with one of our clients.
- Experience
- 7–11 years
- Where
- Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai
- Salary
- ₹10,00,000–₹22,00,000 per year
- Work mode
- On-site, Hybrid
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Qualifications
- MBA/PGDM
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About the role
One of our prestigious clients is hiring a Buying Manager – Fashion to lead the buying of fashion ranges from concept to delivery. You will build assortments, negotiate with vendors and guide a buying team that turns trends into commercial collections. What you buy decides what customers can choose from.
What you'll do
- Build seasonal assortments by category, balancing trend, price architecture and customer demand.
- Negotiate costs, quality, lead times and terms with vendors to protect margins.
- Lead the buying team through range planning, sampling and final buy decisions.
- Track product performance in season and act quickly on reorders and cancellations.
- Work with merchandise planners to align buy quantities with the open-to-buy plan.
- Review vendor samples and market trends to bring fresh product ideas into the range.
What you'll bring
- 7–11 years of experience in fashion buying, including heading a category or a buying team.
- An MBA or PGDM, ideally with retail or fashion management exposure.
- Firm, fair vendor negotiation skills built over several buying seasons.
- A commercial eye for assortment, trend and price points.
- Comfort working with sales and margin data when making buy decisions.
Good to have
- Buying experience in fashion retail across both basics and trend-led lines.
- Familiarity with garment construction, fabrics and product costing.
- Exposure to private label development with manufacturing vendors.