Director Of Buying

-Manage and guide a 40+ staff group covering purchasing, technical, and fitting functions, with responsibility for elevating team results and operational efficiency.

• Oversee full product development cycles, integrate latest fabrics, techniques and fashion trends to strengthen market competitiveness.
• Manage supplier orders, negotiate pricing, quality and lead time to consistently meet commercial KPIs.
• Develop production and supplier development strategies to accelerate trend speed-to-market and improve repeat order efficiency.
• Partner with Product & Creative Directors to deliver commercial-driven seasonal collection plans.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to execute long-term brand and business strategies across cost, quality and delivery targets.
• Maintain and upgrade product fitting and quality standards to ensure premium and consistent product performance.

Requirements

• 15+ years of extensive experience in fashion buying and product development.
• Bachelor’s degree in Textile/Fashion or exceptional professional track record.
• Demonstrated strong leadership and large-team management experience.
• Solid hands-on product and technical expertise in fashion development and manufacturing.
• Strong business acumen, analytical thinking and structured prioritization skills.
• Excellent fashion sensibility with proven ability to commercialize trends.
• Outstanding negotiation, supplier management and cross-team collaboration skills.
• Fluent written and spoken English for international business cooperation.
• Result-oriented, passionate about delivering high-performance fashion products to market.