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Director Of Buying
AI Summary
Directs a 40+ person team overseeing purchasing, technical, and fitting functions; manages end-to-end product development and supplier strategy to drive commercial results and operational efficiency.
About this role
-Manage and guide a 40+ staff group covering purchasing, technical, and fitting functions, with responsibility for elevating team results and operational efficiency.
- Oversee full product development cycles, integrate latest fabrics, techniques and fashion trends to strengthen market competitiveness.
- Manage supplier orders, negotiate pricing, quality and lead time to consistently meet commercial KPIs.
- Develop production and supplier development strategies to accelerate trend speed-to-market and improve repeat order efficiency.
- Partner with Product & Creative Directors to deliver commercial-driven seasonal collection plans.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to execute long-term brand and business strategies across cost, quality and delivery targets.
- Maintain and upgrade product fitting and quality standards to ensure premium and consistent product performance.
Requirements
- 15+ years of extensive experience in fashion buying and product development.
- Bachelor’s degree in Textile/Fashion or exceptional professional track record.
- Demonstrated strong leadership and large-team management experience.
- Solid hands-on product and technical expertise in fashion development and manufacturing.
- Strong business acumen, analytical thinking and structured prioritization skills.
- Excellent fashion sensibility with proven ability to commercialize trends.
- Outstanding negotiation, supplier management and cross-team collaboration skills.
- Fluent written and spoken English for international business cooperation.
- Result-oriented, passionate about delivering high-performance fashion products to market.
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