Senior Merchandiser

SUMMARY:
Ready to Take Your Merchandising Career to the Next Level?
An exciting opportunity awaits an experienced Senior Merchandiser to join a leading supplier in the fashion industry!

This is your chance to take the lead in product execution, drive strategic planning, manage teams, and ensure seamless delivery to global buyers.

If you’re a strong decision-maker with a passion for fashion, production, and delivering results, this could be the perfect next step in your career!

POSITION INFO:
Duties and Responsibilities: Buyer Management & Strategic Communication: Owning complete communication with buyers Understanding buyer expectations, pricing targets, and compliance needs Leading PD meetings, costing discussions, and risk assessment Presenting solutions proactively to buyers for any deviation Advanced Costing & Price Negotiation: Reviewing costing sheets prepared by junior merchandisers Finalizing fabric, and margin structures Leading negotiations with suppliers and buyers to achieve profi table costing Approving bulk bookings within cost targets T&A Planning & Critical Path Control: Creating detailed T&A and ensuring strict adherence Risk-mapping processes (fabric, trims, approvals, production) Driving cross-functional coordination with factory, production, QA & logistics Escalating delays early with corrective action plans Production & Quality Oversight: Monitoring knitting, dyeing, printing, cutting, sewing, and fi nishing Reviewing inline quality reports and addressing root-cause issues Ensuring compliance to buyer standards (AQL, physical testing) Approving pre-production samples and production start-ups Team Leadership & Training: Guiding junior team member Allocating tasks, reviewing work accuracy, and ensuring skill growth Conducting weekly performance reviews and workload planning Building strong communication channels across departments Supplier & Factory Coordination: Maintaining strong relationships with factory , suppliers and customers Evaluating supplier capability, lead time, and performance Identifying new suppliers for cost efficiency and innovation Shipment, Documentation & Post-Delivery: Ensuring on-time shipment with 100% document accuracy Coordinating fi nal inspection, packing, labeling & compliance checks Managing claims, reworks, short shipments & buyer feedback Closing orders with margin analysis and learnings The Senior Merchandiser ensures: Profitability On-time delivery Zero communication gaps Quality assurance Strong team performance Smooth buyer relations Should you not receive a response within 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful. Please refer to our website, , where all our active vacancies are advertised. IMPORTANT NOTICE By applying to this advert you hereby acknowledge that you have read and accept the following Protection of Personal Information ACT (POPIA) disclaimer: I hereby consent for Talented Recruitment to process my personal information as part of the recruitment process. Talented Recruitment shall take all reasonable measures to protect the personal information of applicants and for the purpose of this disclaimer \"personal information\" shall be defined as detailed in the Protection of Personal Information Act, Act 4 of 2013 (\"POPIA\").