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Obtain planning and OTB information from the Merchandise Planner, creating category and brand level range plans in order to maximize the sales opportunity in the retail stores.  Develop and implement buying strategies by establishing seasonal product mixes to include sales performance and determine pricing to achieve maximum profit margins.  Managing inventory levels by consistently generating sales report and stock on hand from distribution centers to evaluate order levels.  Increasing and or maintaining targeted intake margin for product category.  Maintaining relationships with existing suppliers and sourcing new suppliers for product category when required.   Ensure spend is within budget for the category.  Provide recommendations to management with analysis of business trends and key competitors in collaboration with planning teams, consistently evaluating item performance to recommend re-ordering levels.  Coordinate with marketing teams and visual merchandisers to develop season and collection based sales initiatives, including related promotional activities and themes.  Managing launch dates for products lines and updating delivery status of collections.  Coordinate with logistics team to ensure on time delivery of the stocks.  Continually updating and circulating product calendar to all key departments(Sales, Marketing, Merchandising and VM)  Planning and selecting the range, type, quality, type and quality of merchandise according to customer demand, trends, Brand policy and budget.  Analyze sales and stock levels and fast and slow moving goods, managing the stock level.   Research customer demands and trends by processing store sales & forecast sales and inventory report.  Inspect, compare and select goods at supplier premises or other presentations conducted by the suppliers.  Contact suppliers to replenish the stocks, keep a healthy level of stocks in bout the stores and warehouse.

 Communicated with vendors and resolving issues on behalf of Buyer.  Performs following duties in connection with purchase and sale of merchandise to aid Buyer: Verifies quantity and quality of stock received from supplier.  Authorizes payment of invoices or return of shipment.  Inventory Management by Dept, Category and by Store  Allocation and distribution of stock to the stores  New Store Planning.  Communication and liaison with Stores, Marketing, Visual  Merchandising and Operations Teams.  Forecast sales based on historical sales, brand/department direction, new launch and trends  Forecast and place orders for both New and Continuity lines and work on Initial Allocation / Model Stock  Reviews reasonability of order of Continuity Lines placed by Junior Merchandisers (if applicable)  Support Product Team with Item, Range up to Category Planning.  Ensures to meet the required stock level for best selling items in both warehouse and store in any given time  Reduce slow moving item, obsolete stocks  Submits meaningful and analytical weekly/monthly sales and inventory reports.  Prepare the sale list based on the sell thru report for the events like DSF, DSS and MSS and update the Promo/Clearance prices in RPM (Retail price management) system.  RMS application: Creating and Maintaining items, PO’s and Barcodes in Oracle.  Entering Retail prices in the system once it is approved by management.  Creating signatory Purchase Order and PO coversheet.  Following up on supplier payment with Finance.  Preparing range details file for product category.  Preparing and updating PO tracker file for shipping department.  Sending Kitting instructions to the Warehouse /Stores team.  Store visits and competitor visits.

  Preparing and allocating stock to shops based on  their needs  Preparing Model Stocks to shops and Update MS in the system.  Maintaining stock integrity in shop level  Preparing new shops opening allocation to shops which is going to open  Tracking new shop opening file allocation Vs IBT OUT from WH  Monitoring auto replenishment to all the shops and coordinating with IT for shop connection  Preparing new launch items allocation and monitoring sales  Interbranch Transfer Management  Dispatch tracking file for Manual dispatches and new shops allocation file  IBT In and OUT for sample requested by product Team and Marketing Team.  ZSR file monitoring daily basics  Purchase Order Entry in Dolfin for invoice given by MP and Buyer  Coordinating with S&D Team for shipment receiving  Tracking PO details by SKU level  SOH and Sales details by region(GULF & KSA)for OTB Summary  Training assignments organized for the new staff.  Preparing Monthly, Weekly reports and submitting assignments as per the requirements.  Enter Product Master, Purchase Order and /or creates implementation files and ensure it has been processed and has taken effect into Merchandising System.

  Ensure 100 % of order refill.  Preparing exception Report  Assist and control the monthly cycle count & Annual Inventory.  Preparing the feed back report for the shipments weekly and Monthly basis.  Receiving all the shop returns and preparing the feed back report.  Inter Divisional coordination between Buyers, Merchandising team and H.O  Supervising stock binning in the warehouse.  Support the Inventory Controller with accurate Status& Figures.  Preparing stock movement report weekly and monthly basis.  Staff allocation.  Evaluation of staff’s performance report

 Maintain Inventory in WH  Preparing IBT OUT to Shops based on shop orders  Preparing allocation for new launch items and new shop opening  Receiving Shipment in WH systems and updating Variance report to buyer and MIS  Preparing reconsolidation report for Shipment Receiving report  Preparing Faulty items details and giving report to buyer for Items claim from Supplier  Coordinating with MIS for Data file Transfer from Server and receiving reports  Doing adjustment in WH system for shop feedback items