The TOD'S Group represents the excellence of Made in Italy. It has roots in the tradition of Italian craftsmanship and a heritage of values that characterises its vision: passion for craftsmanship, absolute quality and timeless style.

The Buyer will be involved in boosting up the retail sales performance of the collection with the definition of the guidelines during the sales campaign and the planning of in-season activities.

Position description:

• Sales campaign guidelines: define the buying strategy to build up the collection according to the themes of the collection and the local market needs;
• Targeted in-season activities: ensure the consistency between the brand image and the collection and react to the market trends;
• Cooperation with the Visual Merchandising team to ensure that windows and in store image match corporate guideline;
• Delivers trainings about new collections to the retail population transferring them buying strategy and assortments;
• Forecast store level budgets understanding sales curves through use of history and planning building blocks;
• Identify and recommend opportunities to the Allocator to improve sales performance through stock rebalancing/ transfers, reorders and markdown strategy on a weekly / monthly and seasonal basis;
• Oversee all distribution processes, giving guidance to the Allocator to ensure best practice in all Allocation and Replenishment processes;
• Identify and recommend opportunities to improve sales performance through stock transfers or reorders;
• Ad-hoc sales analysis for management;
• Continuously analyze and reforecast business and recommend/implement strategies to ensure plan is achieved, including adjusting product flow and inventory management.

Skills required:

• Significant previous experience as a Buyer within a Retail oriented company;
• Experience of an Omni-channel retailer (e.g. in store ordering and fulfilling e-commerce orders from store);
• Experience working with a Merchandise Planning tool;
• Fluent in English, a second European language a plus;
• Strong Excel skills, with the ability to handle large data sets;
• Outstanding communicator;
• Multitasking, problem solving attitude;
• Commercial sense;
• Time management, organizational and problem-solving skills;
• Detail oriented and able to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.

Place of work: Milan

Working time: 40h Full time

TOD’S Group promotes the values of inclusion and full equality between persons at all stages of an employment relationship.

Therefore, in line with the principles of our Code of Ethics and the Policy for the Protection of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, all qualified applicants will be considered, regardless of their gender, age, nationality, culture, religious belief and sexual orientation.