Senior Buying Manager
Hypebeast Hong Kong Limited
- Company Industries：Media/Publishing/Printing
Job Information
- Post Date：2022-06-01
- Location：Tsuen Wan Area
- Employment Type：Full Time
- Job Function：Merchandising & Purchasing Footwear Sweater Procurement / Purchasing / Sourcing
- Benefits：Dental insurance, Free shuttle bus, Medical insurance, Performance bonus, Work from home, Five-day work week
Job Description
Established in 2012, HBX is a global e-commerce platform and retail destination carrying over 250 curated brands from both established and up-and-coming menswear, womenswear and lifestyle labels. HBX focuses on delivering the latest, trend-setting fashion, accessories, shoes, home and lifestyle goods to its customers, curating a truly global and exciting assortment at the leading edge of culture. With the HBX e-commerce platform shipping to over 70 markets worldwide, it has one retail store in Hong Kong and its US-based flagship store in New York at 41 Division Street. HBX also has a very active digital community on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LINE, WeChat, RED, Kakao, and more.
Responsibilities:
This role is located and based in Hong Kong. Candidate must be eligible to work in Hong Kong.
Personal data collected is for recruitment purpose only.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with Planning Manager to develop seasonal Open-To-Buy, driving improvement in the buying and merchandising cycle including sales, sell through analysis and inventory.
- Devise long and short-term merchandising plans based on past sales figures verse trends.
- Develop team of Buyers to think strategically, and approach orders with a focus on business KPIs and company goals. Provide coaching to ensure direct reports are able to meet and exceed the requirements of the role.
- Review all orders to establish a balanced range of merchandise suited to the customer profile of the company and channel positioning.
- Make recommendations for changes and improvements to maximize sales potential and profit margins.
- Lead development of projects from assortment POV and leverage opportunities for localisation where possible.
- Establish vendor relationships to obtain favorable terms of agreement that mitigate erosion to margin.
- Find opportunities within current work-flow to improve productivity both internally and cross-functionally. Work closely with internal stakeholders to strive to challenge existing processes.
- Degree holder in Fashion Design, Fashion, Textile or any related disciplines.
- 6+ years of experience in buying/merchandising; experience in multi-brand and varied categorical expertise are preferred.
- Strong intuition with respect to future-state trends and emerging brands.
- Knowledge in omnichannel merchandising is necessary. Exceptional understanding of the global consumer and an understanding of the online retail landscape across markets.
- Good command of retail math concepts, applications and statistical analysis – OTB, inventory management concept.
- Proven track-record of reaching sales targets, improving processes and managing multiple tasks to tight deadlines.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills. Ability to think strategically and approach challenges with an entrepreneurial mindset.
- Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability and confidence to liaise at all levels. Excellent command of spoken and written English.
- Less experienced candidates will be considered as Buying Manager.
This role is located and based in Hong Kong. Candidate must be eligible to work in Hong Kong.
Personal data collected is for recruitment purpose only.
Company Info
Hypebeast Ltd. started from a sneaker website founded by Kevin Ma in 2005 to a publicly listed media company in 2016. With a total reach of over 44.6M users across all
platforms, The media group boasts a global readership across Asia Pacific, North America, Europe and more, with the flagship platform available in five languages. The group has expanded its publishing brands to a wider scope in recent years, encompassing Hypebeast
and its multiple content distribution platforms, HBX, our e-commerce and retail platform, and Hypemaker, our global agency. Hypebeast Ltd. has been featured in Forbes’ “Asia’s 200
Best Under A Billion” in 2020.
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