Job Opportunities at Duma Works

Job Description

The Assistant Buyer ensures that products appear in the right store, at the right time and in the right quantities. This involves working closely with the Merchandising and Design Teams to accurately forecast trends, plan stock levels and monitor performance.

The Assistant Buyer will be able to analyze market trends and conditions, store inventory levels, product content and assortment, along with demographic requirements to make sound decisions that deliver assigned sales and profit goals.

Assistant Fashion Buyer Job Responsibilities

Plan the Product Assortment

• Together with Head of Merchandising create pre-season forecasting plans to ensure sales units and profit targets
• Develop strategies for projected forecasts, inventory by sku needs, and order flow set ups for specified timeframe
• Manage the monthly merchandise flow calendars and create strategies to maximize sales, profitability, and customer expectations (ex. What time items have to be produced to meet in-store delivery dates)
• Analyze historical data and current trends to identify risks and opportunities and recommend strategies to achieve financial goals

Coordinate Merchandise

• Track styles throughout the development, production, and shipping stage
• Create and maintain tracking of all set samples to ensure that photography, product code set-up, and shipping date to warehouse deadlines are met
• Maintain Product image files by season for Merchandise library and to share with Marketing and Online teams
• Assist Marketing with Photography scheduling and coordination for in-house shoots
• Prioritize and re-prioritize styles to be produced to capitalize on sales trends and business needs

Allocate to Stores

• Coordinate with Store Coordinator for restocking and replenishment needs and allocate from warehouse
• Perform allocation on time in order to maintain the flow of merchandise to shops and meet logistics requirements
• Create store allocation matrix to ship correct product to specific stores that maximizes sell through.

Manage Inventory

• Manage stock levels through sell thru and in-stock position per store. Monitor stock based on forecasts and flag overstock situations, monitoring slow sellers and suggesting action plans
• Create and manage optimum product mix per store
• Create markdown and sale strategies to minimize dead stock

Reporting

• Analyze spreadsheet reports, size, and selling data in order to identify improvement opportunities and implement allocation strategies to maximize business
• Develop store specific distribution plans based on the sales trends, seasonal needs of the particular store and prioritize the distributions
• Analyze historical data and current trends to identify risks and opportunities to business and recommend strategies to achieve financial goals
• Present analysis in weekly business meetings and monthly planning meetings
• Drive analytical excellence by developing new reporting and approaches.

Behaviors and Traits:

• Commitment to exceeding internal and external customer expectations
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to think strategically and strong problem solver
• Excellent judgment and decision making skills
• Very strong organizational skills, able to handle multiple priorities
• Results oriented individual with attention to detail

Qualifications for the Assistant Fashion Buyer Job

• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal skills required
• Analytical skills
• Results oriented individual with strong numerical and mathematical skills
• Advanced Microsoft Excel Skills. Planning systems experience preferred
• 1-3 years of merchandise planning experience, strongly preferred
• BA/BS degree in business-related field and/or relevant work experience
• Strong Interest in Women’s fashion preferred

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Systems Engineer Job Responsibilities

• Assist with development of technical strategies to deliver ICT solutions that support customer business objectives;
• Work with Sales Team to engineer projects, identify new products and solutions, and research solutions for existing clients;
• Build the foundation for new technology development and revitalize offering of different services & solutions to customers;
• Design, Market, Install and commission virtualized computing devices and services marketed by the company;
• Research on ICT security solutions (CCTV & Access control systems), analyze, design, and develop appropriate solutions to fit the requirement of targeted customers;
• Design, Install and set-up computer network infrastructure in line to customers’ business requirements;
• Conduct relevant Presentation/training and provide support on network infrastructure, storage, virtualization and security domain;
• Conduct Research on other available or emerging technologies, evaluate them and recommend appropriate solutions that could be marketed and implemented by the company;
• Provide guidance, leadership, and participation in tactical and strategic initiatives;
• Act as a Technical Leader on larger projects, coordinating the work of a larger delivery team owning overall responsibility for Solution consolidation;
• Any other duty not listed that may be assigned by your superior;
• Ensure internal communications both within Technical and across the organization;
• Utilize company’s resources for cost effective delivery of set company objectives;
• Assist in the identification of opportunities for new products and for enhancement and development of existing products;
• Monitor and report on the activities of competitors and potential collaborators and to identify business opportunities and threats;
• Understand the market in which the company operates and how the company’s products and services are used within that market;
• Identify new markets, both geographical and by industry sector, for company’s products;
• Well-versed with quality management processes.

Requirements for the Systems Engineer Job

• Degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Information Technology or related studies;
• Knowledge in security management or experience in designing and installing surveillance (CCTV) and Access
• Control Systems will be an added advantages;
• 2+ years’ experience in the IT industry with a minimum 1 year experience in related activities;
• CCNA/MCP will be added advantage.

Competencies

• Committed and self-motivated for success of the company;
• Faithful and focused;
• Can work independently and under pressure;
• Flexible with good management skills;
• Excellent presentation and communication skills;
• Ready to work beyond normal working hours sometimes without extra remuneration.