💼 Buyer – Buying & Merchandising | V2 Retail
🏢 Company: V2 Retail Ltd.
🛍️ Buying & Merchandising | Ladies • Men's • Kids
📝 About the Position
V2 Retail Ltd. is looking for experienced and commercially driven Buyers to join its Buying & Merchandising team across Ladies, Men's and Kids categories.
The Buyer will be responsible for product selection, sourcing, range building, vendor management, commercial negotiations, purchase orders, and category performance.
The role requires a strong understanding of fashion trends, consumer preferences, commercial buying, and data-driven decision-making.
🎯 Categories Hiring For
- 👗 Ladies
- 👔 Men's
- 🧒 Kids
🎯 Key Responsibilities
1. Range Selection, Product Development & Sourcing
- Research and identify commercially viable and trend-right products.
- Conduct market visits, competitor analysis, and trend research.
- Develop balanced product ranges according to category and store requirements.
- Coordinate with vendors for product development, fabrics, colours, prints, sizing, and specifications.
- Identify and develop new vendors.
- Manage sampling, costing, and fit approvals.
- Prepare product selection files and range proposals.
2. Vendor Management & Negotiation
- Manage day-to-day vendor relationships.
- Source and evaluate new suppliers based on quality, cost, and capability.
- Negotiate prices, lead times, MOQs, and payment terms.
- Monitor vendor performance related to delivery, quality, and commercial compliance.
- Ensure vendor agreements and trading terms are properly documented.
3. Purchase Order Management
- Ensure accurate purchase orders with correct styles, quantities, colour splits, costs, and delivery dates.
- Monitor the complete order book from order confirmation to shipment.
- Coordinate with PO and relevant teams for timely order processing.
- Resolve delays, quality issues, costing discrepancies, and quantity-related issues.
4. Trading & Category Performance
- Monitor weekly sales and stock performance.
- Identify bestsellers and slow-moving products.
- Recommend repeat orders, replenishment, size-ratio adjustments, and markdown actions.
- Participate in weekly/monthly trading reviews.
- Provide product-level insights and recommendations based on sales data.
- Conduct store visits and monitor competitor pricing, promotions, and product performance.
🎓 Category-Specific Requirements
- Ladies Buyer: Strong understanding of women's fashion, seasonal trends, product categories, consumer preferences, and commercially viable range development.
- Men's Buyer: Understanding of men's fashion categories, trends, pricing, and Tier 2/Tier 3 consumer preferences.
- Kids Buyer: Understanding of kidswear styles, fabrics, colours, sizing, price points, and relevant safety/compliance requirements.
🎓 Eligibility
- 3–6 years of experience in Buying or Merchandising in Fashion/Apparel Retail.
- Hands-on experience in range building, vendor management, and order placement.
- Strong commercial and analytical skills.
- Strong vendor negotiation and relationship-management skills.
- Good understanding of range planning, OTB management, and sell-through analysis.
- Strong knowledge of MS Excel, including PivotTables, VLOOKUP, SUMIF, and IF.
- Familiarity with ERP / retail planning / buying systems.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deadlines.
- Good communication and coordination skills.
🛠️ Required Skills & Competencies
- Commercial & Trend Awareness
- Vendor Negotiation
- Analytical Thinking
- Data Interpretation
- Product & Category Knowledge
- Fashion Buying & Merchandising
- Range Planning
- OTB Management
- Sell-Through Analysis
- MS Excel
- Cross-functional Coordination
🎁 Career Exposure
- Opportunity to work across Ladies, Men's, or Kids fashion categories.
- Exposure to end-to-end buying and merchandising activities.
- Experience across product sourcing, range development, vendor management, and negotiations.
- Opportunity to contribute directly to category performance and commercial decisions.
🚀 Why Join V2 Retail?
This opportunity is suited for professionals with hands-on Fashion Buying/Merchandising experience who can independently manage product sourcing, range development, vendor coordination, negotiations, and category performance.
💡 Core Skills
Fashion Buying
Merchandising
Product Sourcing
Range Building
Vendor Management
Commercial Negotiation
Category Management
OTB Management
Sell-Through Analysis
MS Excel
🎯 Interview Preparation
- Be prepared to discuss your Fashion Buying and Merchandising experience.
- Prepare examples of range building, product selection, and sourcing.
- Be ready to explain vendor negotiations involving price, MOQ, lead time, and payment terms.
- Understand OTB management, sell-through analysis, stock performance, and trading reviews.
- Prepare examples of handling vendor delays, quality issues, and costing discrepancies.
- Revise MS Excel functions including PivotTables, VLOOKUP, SUMIF, and IF.
- Be prepared to discuss category-specific knowledge for Ladies, Men's, or Kids buying.
🚀 How to Apply
Candidates with hands-on experience in Fashion Buying/Merchandising who are interested in Ladies, Men's, or Kids categories can apply through the official V2 Retail careers page.