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Marks & Spencer Reliance India

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Responsibilities

  • Seasonal Buying from the International Range for all M&S India stores, our website and External Partners. - Identifying sales opportunities & product gaps, addressing the same via product development in collaboration with the UK team or Sourcing team. - Order tracking management for Import and domestic orders. - Analysis of product performance at Range, Subrange, Trend and style Level. - Keeping a close eye on external trends and competition for Market mapping
  • Key Deliverables (Essential functions & Responsibilities of the Job) : Support end-to-end product lifecycle management — from range planning to seasonal and top-up order closures for both international and domestic sourcing.
  • Analyse sales performance and product sell-through; provide actionable feedback to the Buyer, Traders, and Merchandisers to influence future buying decisions.
  • Lead margin negotiations with the Sourcing team for localised lines and manage fulfilment tracking across all season launches, including key marketing and window lines.
  • Capture seasonal lessons learnt and translate them into clear, forward-looking action points for the next season.
  • WGSN trends, runway insights, and competitor activity to provide timely and relevant trend feedback for range development.
  • Conduct regular market visits for product gap identification and competition analysis; ensure two-way communication with SCM and Sourcing for order tracking across import and domestic lines.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams — Retail, Ecommerce, Marketing, and VM — to drive product performance across Business Units and categories; maintain data hygiene across central product documents.

Requirements

  • Sourcing team · Supply Chain Teams · Retail & VM Team · Marketing Team · Internal Ecommerce teams for M& and digital partners · Finance and Accounts Team Education and Work Experience: · Graduate in Fashion Management/Retail · 2-4 years of experience in product
  • Buying in Apparels · Proficient with MS-Office · Good understanding of trend analysis and range development