CV Profile No.72636

Experience in the following industries :

• Textile, leather, shoes, clothing industry

Professional experience

• Buying Manager
• The Edgars Group
• 07.2005 - 11.2007
• JOB TITLE: Buying Manager (July 2005 TO November 2007) Duties: 1. Managing the Following Departments: • Children’s Wear, • Ladies Intimate Wear, • Men’s Smalls and Accessories, • Boys Smalls, • Ladies’ Footwear, • Luggage 2. Negotiating key contracts 3. Co-coordinating and consolidating supply chain management information within the Department for reporting purposes. 4. Developing and executing buying/ merchandise strategies and plans aligned with the strategic goals of the organization. 5. Supervise and leading a team of planners and buyers in the development and maintenance of financial merchandise strategies relating to sales, inventory, markdowns, profit and ensuring that they in line with the company business objectives. 6. Forecasting sales and coming up with merchandise budgets for the department based on historical performance and future trends, ensuring a balanced assortment in the stores. 7. Regularly reviewing business performance at department, category and sub-category level, identifying out of line situations and taking corrective action. 8. Driving change management initiatives to facilitate the creation of a high-performance Team culture which delivers superior commercial outcome in terms of well balanced and competitively priced assortments for targeted customers.

• Junior Buyer to Buyer to Senior Buyer
• The Edgars Group
• 02.1999 - 06.2005
• • Merchandise Planning and Budgets, • Merchandise Buying: Sourcing, Selecting, Range Building ( 90% Branded) • Merchandise Presentation: Range Reviews • Order Management: Order Placement, Expediting deliveries • OTB Management, • Margin Management, • Stock Management • Supplier Management: Negotiating Costs and Delivery Terms, Promotions, Payment Terms