Mandy Khumalo
About
Mandy Khumalo is from South Africa. Mandy is currently Kidswear lead and Senior kids buyer at Foschini, located in South Africa. In Mandy's previous role as a Women's, Accessories and Footwear Merchandiser at Levi Strauss & Co., Mandy worked in South Africa until Nov 2022. Prior to joining Levi Strauss & Co., Mandy was a Redbat Womenswear Senior Buyer at sportscene and held the position of Redbat Womenswear Senior Buyer at City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Prior to that, Mandy was a Designate Exact Menswear Buyer at TFG (The Foschini Group), based in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa from Jan 2016 to Oct 2017. Mandy started working as Trainee Exact Boyswear Buyer at TFG (The Foschini Group) in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa in Jan 2015.
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Mandy Khumalo's current jobs
Kids team lead Assisting in the development and training of team members Developing strategies to grow the kids department Working closely with stakeholders like suppliers, marketing and trend departments to deliver business strategies Collecting and analysing data to help predict trends and forecast sales figures Researching new markets, products and manufacturing processes Identifying quality standards and ensuring that all products meet those standards Collating customer feedback Negotiating with suppliers to agree to prices, quantities, delivery schedules and exclusivity deals Work with suppliers to reduce lead times Establish fabric platforms for kids to unlock quick response in season
Mandy Khumalo's past jobs
Planning and developing merchandising strategies Analyzing sales figures, customers reactions and market trends to anticipate product needs Collaborating with, suppliers, distributors and analysts to provide most credible fashion offer Developed and expanded on new fits for the South African market
Currently buying all commodities in the women’s space, work closely with trend and design team to procure a curated range for women between the ages of 18-24 who shop street wear. Manage the entire supply chain with multiple lead times. In charge of developing and and maintaining new fits and current specs with the assistance of QA. Work with various artists in collaboration ranges. Manage trend workshops for the team and liaison with international teams office to develop future ranges
Bought men’s woven shirts, knitwear and knitted top areas.Responsible for managing the full supply chain. Implemented quick response in the men’s knitted tops area
Trained in the boys wear department where I was given an opportunity to buy boys woven shirts, knitted tee shirts and smalls.