Reliance Retail Hiring for Assistant/ Deputy Manager at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Full Time

Job Description

Location Gurugram, Mumbai
Experience Range 5 – 10 Years

Established in the year 2007, Reliance Brands Limited is an investment arm of Reliance Industries that began with a mandate to launch and build international and domestic brand equity in India. Over 13 years of rich experience catering to the segments of luxury, bridge-to-luxury, high-premium and high-street lifestyle, RBL has built a great understanding of the psyche of the Indian Consumer. With corporate offices in Gurgaon, Mumbai & Bangalore, RBL now operates over 50 brands spread over 430 stores and 345 shop-in-shops across the country and also own the retail concept stores The Tank & The White Crow across the country. In May 2019, RBL marked its first international foray by acquiring the British toy retailer, Hamleys. Globally Hamleys has 201 doors across 17 countries. In May 2019, RBL marked its first international foray by acquiring the British toy retailer, Hamleys. Globally Hamleys has 201 doors across 17 countries. In the same year, RBL also unveiled its multi-brand outlet The White Crow that showcases a unique curation of over 44 premium brands.
Profile Brief
Role: The Company’s merchandise mix and assortments are constantly evolving as merchants and planners focus on what customers want to buy and respond by providing best of the products on a wider variety of name brand merchandise. Incumbent is expected to drive & maximize Sales & Profitability in the business by providing effective Merchandise Strategies. Planning & In Season management of Assortment & Inventory by Stores/Region/Product Hierarchy to achieve or exceed Strategic Business Targets viz. Top-line, Sell-Thru, Gross Margin, etc. He/she must have a keen eye to detail and decisions driven by customer needs.
Key Responsibilities:

• Analysing Sales History, Customer reactions/feedback & Market Trends to monitor progress line across stores and anticipate current & future product needs
• Providing constructive/factual feedback to Buyer for devising a Merchandise plan/Category Mix, Liquidation Strategy, etc.
• Plan & develop merchandising strategies that balance Customer’s expectations & Company’s objectives
• Relaying the merchandise plan to the buyer who, in turn, can decide on what products, brands, features, etc. to purchase and from which supplier
• Allocating stocks to each outlet and monitoring the sales and future replenishments
• Propose & execute a Logistically Cost effective stock movement with consideration of Markdowns, Promotions/Events, Price changes, Clear-outs etc.
• Liaise with the buyer, store teams and Supply Chain team to ensure Stock availability and avoid Opportunity Loss
• Maintain Optimum inventory level & budgeted Stock turns
• Coordinate with suppliers/vendors to ensure on time deliveries of orders
• Visiting stores for competition analysis

Desired Skills and Abilities:

• Up-to-date with the latest merchandising trends and best practices
• Analytical Skills – Number and data analysis, using spread sheets and comfortable with basic Statistics
• Communication Skills – Good communication and interpersonal skills to build useful working relationship both with teams internally, stores and suppliers.
• Attention to details – An eye for details is a critical skill, leading to good decision making skills
• Computer Literacy – Understanding of MS Excel is vital as all data, trends and figure analysis will be done using spreadsheets.
• Resilience – Need to be strong to keep calm when under pressure

Education & Experience Required:

• PG in Retail Management/Fashion Management from a reputed business or fashion institute
• 5-10 years of experience in similar role of Merchandising/Merchandise allocation of a similar category
• Preferred Industries – Organized Fashion Retailers/Ecommerce companies

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We at RBL are committed to diversity in its workforce and are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
In an attempt to bring out the best out of its employees, RBL allows Early Leadership opportunities and promotes Entrepreneurship capabilities, and keeps the invisible threads that connect the RBL family together through the many RBL rituals conducted through the year