Trainee Buyer
Listing reference: woolw_000920
Listing status: Under Review
Apply by: 30 August 2024
Position summary
Industry: Wholesale & Retail Trade
Job category: Other: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain
Location: Cape Town
Contract: Fixed Term Contract
EE position: No
Introduction
Interested in fashion retail? Wonder how products are chosen? Curious about customers and their buying patterns? Skilled in relationship building and planning? If you have a fashion, retail, or interior design qualification, consider buying as your perfect role.
Job description
- Creative and conceptual input in design and range building
- Develop fashion ranges that are fashion-forward and in line with customer needs
- Product design and construction
- Constant product analysis
- Brief suppliers in line with design brief deliverables
- Provide buying input into planning deliverables
- Supplier negotiation
- Customer analysis
- Global and local trends analysis
NB: Your application will only be considered if you attach all the following documents:
- Full CV
- Copy of university academic transcript
If you are struggling to load multiple documents, please put the required attachments into 1 file/pdf and submit.
Minimum requirements
- Relevant 3-year qualification in Fashion Design, Clothing Management, Textiles, or Consumer Science (creative qualification)
- Commercial Acumen
- Trading Knowledge
- Taste and Flair
- Negotiation Skills
- Detail Oriented
