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Junior Buyer Kids Wear
RNA Resources Group
Dubai, UAE
Full Time
Junior
3 weeks ago
BuyingAssortment PlanningMarket AnalysisProduct DevelopmentTrend AnalysisCross functional Collaboration
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About the Role
We are seeking a passionate and commercially driven Junior Buyer to manage the Babywear category across Newborn and Infant segments for both Boys and Girls. The role involves bu.
Key Skills for This Role
BuyingAssortment PlanningMarket AnalysisProduct DevelopmentTrend AnalysisCross functional Collaboration
Responsibilities
- Develop and manage seasonal assortments across Newborn and Infant categories for Boys and Girls, ensuring products are age appropriate, trend driven, and commercially relevant.
- Partner with the Planning team to review seasonal and quarterly OTB budgets and build balanced assortments aligned with business objectives.
- Analyse historical sales performance, customer insights, and market trends to make informed buying decisions.
- Monitor category performance and recommend actions to optimize sales, inventory, and profitability.
- Create seasonal trend presentations based on global trends, competitor benchmarking, customer insights, and market research.
- Conduct regular competitor, online, and retail market visits to identify emerging trends, pricing strategies, product opportunities, and customer preferences.
- Collaborate closely with Design teams to develop cohesive seasonal collections aligned with brand direction and customer expectations.
- Build comprehensive range plans covering product mix, color palettes, fabrics, trims, styling direction, and price architecture.
- Ensure all products meet quality, safety, and comfort standards relevant to the babywear category.
- Prepare detailed and accurate product briefs and tech packs for sourcing and development teams.
Requirements
- 2 4 years of buying experience, preferably in babywear or kids wear
- Strong product knowledge in babywear category
- Ability to develop and manage seasonal assortments
- Analytical skills to interpret sales data and market trends
- Collaboration skills to work with design, planning, and sourcing teams
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Overview
- We are seeking a passionate and commercially driven Junior Buyer to manage the Babywear category across Newborn and Infant segments for both Boys and Girls.
- The role involves building trend right and commercially viable assortments tailored to GCC customer preferences while delivering targeted sales, margin, and inventory objectives.
- The ideal candidate will have strong product knowledge, an understanding of babywear customer needs, and the ability to collaborate cross functionally to develop and execute compelling seasonal collections from concept through production within fast paced timelines.
Key Responsibilities Buying & Assortment Planning
- Develop and manage seasonal assortments across Newborn and Infant categories for Boys and Girls, ensuring products are age appropriate, trend driven, and commercially relevant.
- Partner with the Planning team to review seasonal and quarterly OTB budgets and build balanced assortments aligned with business objectives.
- Analyse historical sales performance, customer insights, and market trends to make informed buying decisions.
- Monitor category performance and recommend actions to optimize sales, inventory, and profitability.
Trend & Market Analysis
- Create seasonal trend presentations based on global trends, competitor benchmarking, customer insights, and market research.
- Conduct regular competitor, online, and retail market visits to identify emerging trends, pricing strategies, product opportunities, and customer preferences.
- Translate trend insights into commercially successful product concepts and assortment strategies.
Product Development
- Collaborate closely with Design teams to develop cohesive seasonal collections aligned with Styli's brand direction and customer expectations.
- Build comprehensive range plans covering product mix, color palettes, fabrics, trims, styling direction, and price architecture.
- Ensure all products meet quality, safety, and comfort standards relevant to the babywear category.
- Prepare detailed and accurate product briefs and tech packs for sourcing and development teams.
Cross Functional Collaboration & Execution
- Work closely with Planning, Design, Sourcing, and Production teams to ensure seamless execution of seasonal ranges.
- Manage product development timelines and ensure adherence to critical path milestones.
- Review and provide timely approvals on fits, prints, fabrics, trims, and development samples.
- Track product progress from concept to final production, ensuring consistency with design intent, quality standards, and target costs.
Commercial & Operational Excellence
- Support achievement of category sales, margin, and intake margin targets.
- Maintain strong attention to detail to ensure accuracy across product data, specifications, costing, and assortment planning.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and efficiency within the buying and product development cycle.
- Ensure all category activities are executed in line with seasonal calendars and business deadlines.
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