Fabric Buyer (Knitted)

LC Waikiki

Started in 1988 in France, our journey began in 1997 under the umbrella of LC Waikiki Mağazacılık Hizmetleri Ticaret A.Ş. as a Turkish brand.

With more than 1300 stores around the world and a strong presence in 60 countries, we continue to grow by adopting the philosophy of “Everyone's Right to Dress Well”, which excites us every day.

Today, we are the leading retail company with 6,000 employees in our head offices and more than 60,000 employees in Turkey and abroad, and a turnover of 4.4 billion dollars.

We are committed to our vision of becoming one of the top 3 retail brands in Europe by 2026 with the enthusiasm of all our employees.

Who are we looking for?

Let us explain in this way:

Who craves for the product and who is passionate about fashion!

• Researches and develops fabrics very quickly in line with trends, mood boards, inspiration pictures coming from product and buying team
• Knows the fabric manufacturers and the market very well
• Follows the market, trend tendencies very closely and presents opportunities and innovations to the brand regularly
• Selects the right qualities in accordance with the demanded price range and the desired production time
• Makes presentations of the selected qualities to the designer and buying teams
• Determines the sample yardage (sample fabric) quantity of the targeted qualities, supplies them in accordance with the lead time and quality target and follows the process
• Receives and follows the demands of labdip, strike off, handlooms
• Negotiates the fabric for the requested quantity for the models for which a production decision is made (aligned with the cost) and agrees with the fabric manufacturer both in price and LT and makes booking requests when necessary
• Closely follows the trends and competitors and presents these opportunities to the designers and buying teams
• Determines the raw fabric needs of NOS orders and CORE qualities together with product and buying teams and initiates the booking process when necessary

Desired Profile, is that you?

• FAST, in love with fashion, high self-expression skills, self-confident, speed-oriented, experienced in a similar task
• Understand and embrace the brand needs very well
• No specific university background is required, but university graduation is must have
• Advanced level of speaking in English