Buyer - Decor

Role Overview

Buyer - Decor at Land Mark. This role develops strategic buying plans for the assigned department and category, ensuring smooth buying operations through vendor identification, evaluation, and selection in compliance with contract principles to achieve strategic and financial objectives.

Role Purpose

Develop and execute strategic buying plans for the decor category. Ensure smooth buying operations through vendor identification, evaluation, and selection while maintaining compliance with contract principles to achieve the strategic and financial objectives of the concept.

Key Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Selection

• Plan, identify, and select new product ranges and review existing ones.
• Analyze consumer buying patterns and predict future trends.
• Analyze customer demand, price, quality, and availability.
• Review existing items to ensure products remain competitive.
• Keep up to date with market trends and react to changes in demand.
• Recognize new trends, items, looks, and techniques early in their life-cycle and deliver quickly.

Vendor & Supplier Management

• Maintain relationships with existing suppliers and source new suppliers for future products.
• Travel and meet suppliers every season and place orders to get timely deliveries.
• Negotiate products for the assigned subgroups at the lowest possible price and with the most viable commercial terms.

Store & Territory Liaison

• Liaise with stores and territories to ensure supply meets demand and right product ranges are assigned in respective stores and territories.

Inventory & Operations

• Partner with the Merchandise Planner to manage and control inventory levels, stock replenishment, and delivery objectives.

Financial Planning

• Support in the seasonal budget keeping in mind past performance, current trends, and future events that may impact the business.
• Provide a commercially viable range of merchandise at competitive prices.

Market Intelligence & Planning

• Analyze market reports and strategize plans for the stores, then present ideas to senior management.
• Conduct market visits for R&D both international and within territories.
• Attend trade fairs every season in order to assess trends and be abreast with the current market scenario.

Marketing & Collaboration

• Create promotional plans in conjunction with marketing.

Team Development

• Train and mentor junior staff.

Qualifications & Experience

• Fashion Graduate.
• 6–8 years of product development and sourcing experience for furniture and home furnishing products preferred.
• NIFT or Pearl Institute preferred.

Skills & Competencies

• Ability to thrive in a high growth, entrepreneurial, and ambiguous environment.
• Strong analytical, commercial, and problem-solving skills with a hands-on attitude and focus on fast execution.
• Good sense for trends, creativity, and thorough understanding of customer needs.
• Strong communication skills and ability to clearly communicate with different stakeholders.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and balance immediate and long-term needs of the business while retaining agility to pivot as needed.