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  • Posted: May 23, 2025
    Deadline: Not specified
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  • The first Woolworths store opened its doors to the public in Cape Town in October 1931. And it was founder Max Sonnenberg who captured the public’s imagination with dynamic store policies that set Woolworths apart from its competitors. Three years later, a second branch opened in Durban, with another two in Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg a year later. And...
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    Senior Buyer - Womenswear 12Month FTC

    Introduction

    • Develop a customer-focused, trend-relevant, and commercially viable seasonal product strategy for Womenswear that aligns with the department strategy and brand filter. Lead the end-to-end product lifecycle, from concept to in-store execution, ensuring a balanced, on-brand range that resonates with our customer.

    Job description
    Develop Seasonal Plans:

    • Create and execute departmental seasonal plans, ensuring alignment with Group Strategy, utilising data from various sources such as customer analytics, trend research, and competitive intelligence. 

    Build Profitable Product Range:

    • Lead workshops to develop on-brand, trend-appropriate ranges in collaboration with design and sourcing teams, ensuring alignment with critical path milestones and financial targets.

    Customer Understanding & Competitive Intelligence:

    • Work with Marketing to understand customer needs and use market research, customer feedback, and trend data to inform product development and marketing strategies.

    Trade the Product Range:

    • Analyse weekly sales trade reports, collaborate with planners and sourcing teams to adjust product volumes, markdowns, and promotional strategies to optimize sales performance.

    People Management:

    • Lead and mentor a team of buyers and assistants, ensuring skills transfer and development.

    Minimum requirements

    • Experience at a Senior Buyer level, with strong commercial acumen and trend knowledge.
    • Skilled in cross-functional collaboration, managing product ranges, and driving sales performance.
    • Excellent leadership abilities, with a passion for mentoring and developing teams.
    • Knowledge of current trends and proven ability to interpret trends and conceptualise products
    • Excellent understanding of market, awareness of locally and international with a creative flair to interpret forthcoming moods, trends and themes 
    • Demonstrates the ability to think strategically and formulate effective plans and strategies.
    • Understanding of business and buying processes and systems
    • Knowledge of markdown and mark up pricing, visibility to drive sales, sell-through
    • Proven experience in delivering and executing business and BU strategy
    • Ability to travel both locally and internationally
    • Strong numerical and analytical skill

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    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Woolworths on careers.woolworths.co.za to apply

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