Brand Manager / Buyer

• Job Location: Lebanon
• Job Category: Fashion
• Employment Type: Employee
• Job Duration: Full Time
• Monthly Salary in USD: Negotiable

Brand Manager/ buying:

• Stay up-to-date on new trends, new hits and up-coming brands by continuously reading fashion magazines, surfing sites and monitoring international markets
• Travel on buying trips to attend showrooms, meet with suppliers and assist in placing orders; follow up on orders, payments, respect of budget assigned, negotiate terms of contract etc…
• Prepare buying budgets depending on past seasons sales
• Perform the buying depending on budgets and consumer demand
• Keep suppliers up to date with their brand’s performance and sellout
• Analyze consumer buying patterns and predict future trends
• Getting the floor feedback before each buying
• Have in depth knowledge of the product line, price ranges and specifications relating to the product.
• Research for potential new brands after studying the mix of actual available brands
• Improve stock rotation for respective brands.
• Suppliers negotiation and follow up to improve gross margins.
• Arrange the pricing for new merchandise arrivals as well dispatching them between stores.
• Analyze the sell out by location, by brand every 2 weeks, and prepare the transfers between locations according to their performance and quota.
• Follow up with the logistic department on the ETA of placed orders
• Visit to stores regularly and understand key issues with brands.
• Meet customers to gain first hand understanding of brand performance, gaps in assortment and merchandise, customer services.
• Participate in setting sales targets for the stores.
• Analyzing sales figures and forecasting future sales volumes to maximize profit.
• To Drive sales by reacting to seasonal trends & changes and sold out lines.
• Coordinate with the shop manager for appropriate product rotation

Marketing / Social Media platforms

• Coordinate with marketing manager for execution of marketing and promotional activ
• to work with the marketing to style and prepare all photoshoots
• work on the events (3 times per year)
• prepare selection of products to be featured on the website for Ecommerce
• Grow and expand company social media presence into new social media platforms, and increase presence on existing platforms (Facebook, Instagram, You tube, etc).
• Maintain community content calendar to ensure communication aligns with brand and business objectives.
• Build & maintain close relationships with editors, bloggers, social influencers, brand ambassadors, ensuring best media coverage for the brand.
• Create engaging and dynamic digital content & post daily.
• Stay up-to-date on new social media tools and continually track competitor marketing initiatives.
• Assist in execution of monthly social media photo shoots.
• Plan social media advertising campaigns (Facebook & Instagram)

Floor Training

The brand manager should provide regular training to staff, latest fashion trends and must have garments, brands knowledge, selling technique, etc.

The trainings should be updated every season.

• Terminology
• Trends of the season
• Brand awareness
• Fabric & cuts
• Mix & match
• Body shape
• Customer service

Local production

• Working with the stylist to prepare ongoing sketches / styles.
• Decide on a theme for a collection and work with designers.
• Propose new styles based on what is missing in the store.
• Overseeing the final prototype of the designs, place order and pricing them upon receiving the goods. 

Job requirements

• Should have exposure in merchandise planning and brand management
• Interpret fashion dynamics, understand company brand strategy, passionate for fashion
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong Organization, Planning and Analytical skills
• Strong Leadership skills & strong negotiations skills
• Adaptability / Flexibility / Innovation
• Decision-making

Candidate Profile

• University degree in a related field (Advertising, Marketing, Fashion Design…)
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in a fashion retail company
• Fluent in French and English
• Computer skills are a must