Understanding Fashion Retail Buying (New)

• Fashion Business

• Understand how to track daily sales by: Category, Brand, Sub Class & SKU as per organisational policies and procedures
• Apply sales data analysis to create weekly reports as per organisational policies and procedures
• Understand how consumer profiling & consumer demographics create foundation for the product matrix as per industry norms
• Interpret how retail seasonal budgets, category planners and assortment planners are created to determine the product matrix as per organisational policies and procedures
• Interpret OTB Planning skill to assist supervisor in managing repeat orders and forward planning

Singapore/PR Students:

• GCE ‘N’ Level with 3 credits including English and Mathematics OR
• WSQ ES WPLN Level 4 and above

International Students: 

• High School Diploma equivalent to GCE ‘N’ Level with 3 credits including English and Mathematics OR
• Qualifications from professional institutes may be considered on a case-by-case basis AND/OR
• Pass TaF.tc Entrance Test

English Language Requirement –

• Possess a minimum credit in English at GCE ‘O’ Level or its equivalent OR
• IELTS score 4.5 or TOEFL score 450

ALL Students are required to have basic knowledge of computer and Microsoft Office

Student must fulfil the following requirements:

• 75% attendance rate of total training hours per module
• Assessed and be competent for every module

• Assistant Merchandisers
• Assistant Buyers to Buying Mangers
• Product Development Executives to Product Development Managers (Merchandise Category)
• Managers & Store Owners

• Retail formats
• Role and responsibility of fashion buying related jobs
• Key performance indicators
• Analysis of POS system and sales data
• Central buying system
• Retail price computations
• Open to buy monthly plans
• Consumer profiling and demographics
• Retailer USP & Customer Service

• Assistant Merchandisers
• Assistant Buyers to Buying Managers
• Product Development Executives to Product Development Managers (Merchandise Category)
• Managers & Store Owners