Product Manager Premium Brands

Product Manager Premium Brands @Fashion Days

 

Fashion trend sense and deep industry knowledge are the core of this role

What you’ll have to do:

• Buying responsibility for the Designer Lines ready-to-wear category;
• Research and interpret fashion trends (fashion weeks, showrooms, trend reports, competitors, social media) and turn them into assortments that fit the local custome;
• Negotiate the purchase of merchandise required by the company, ensuring that these meet specifications and can be delivered at the appropriate time at the most favorable prices;
• Negotiate and manage support from suppliers including evidence, invoicing and cash-in;
• Select and develop profitable new range;
• Monitor purchase orders to ensure that these are modified to meet changes in requirements;
• Maintain up-to-date lists of suppliers and pricing arrangements to ensure that the company achieves the most favorable commercial terms;
• Monitor the performance of suppliers and products to ensure that they meet the required standards;
• Working closely with the stock team to ensure all promotions and new lines are delivered on time;
• Maintain an awareness of quantities of stocks of merchandise to ensure that shortages are avoided;
• Analyze sell-in, sell-out, margin and stock performance, and report findings and actions to management and partners;
• Able to deliver meaningful reports and cut through the information / detail in order to get to the real issue;
• Keeping abreast of market trends and competitor activity in a fast paced environment, to help identify new opportunities as well as changes to our existing offering;
• Monitor the purchasing arrangements to ensure that they are taking advantage of the most favorable terms;
• Develop the merchandise acquisition plan based on the sales forecast;
• Build long-term relationships with designer brands and identify new brands that strengthen the portfolio;
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Marketing, Pricing, Logistics and Finance.

What makes you a good fit: 

• University degree, preferably in Fashion, Marketing, Economics or similar;
• 3–5 years of experience in fashion buying or merchandising, ideally with premium or designer brands;
• Knowledge Category: distribution channels, products, margins;
• Able to plan and prioritize workloads in order to meet deadlines is fundamental;
• Confident, ambitious, a self-starter, with the ability to operate in a dynamic environment;
• Communication, presentation and negotiation skills – proven track record of closed deals and/or partnerships;
• Net understanding of business (buying and stock);
• Highly organized, analytical, task focused;
• Uses creative thought process - on product, promotions, displays, deals;
• Able to work across multicultural environments;
• Very good command of English;
• Excel knowledge required (medium to proficiency level). 

Nice to have:

• E-commerce or omnichannel fashion experience;
• Established relationships with designer brands or distributors.

What we’ve prepared for you:

• Medical subscription: Medicover or Regina Maria.
• A flexible budget that you can invest in yourself as you wish: meal tickets, holiday tickets, cultural vouchers, private pension, foreign language classes, eMAG, Fashion Days, Therme & Genius, membership to different gyms or even professional development classes.
• Different discounts from our partners: banking, mobile, dental medicine or wellness.
• Access to the Bookster library and free credits on the Hilio psycho-emotional health platform.
• An accelerated learning environment, with access to over 100.000 curated online resources and platforms, learning academies and development programs.
• New headquarters, where sleek design, natural light, and versatile spaces create an energizing and comfortable environment for hybrid work.

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