11 Fashion jobs in Cape Town

Job category: Other: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain

Location: Cape Town

Contract: Permanent

EE position: No

As a Senior Trend Forecaster, you will be instrumental in defining style direction across fashion categories, ensuring a cohesive, brand-aligned aesthetic. Working collaboratively, you’ll forecast and translate emerging trends into actionable insights that drive product innovation and support business growth.

• Conduct global trend research using various platforms such as WGSN, catwalks, blogs, look books, online retailers and social media for design inspiration and concept development.
• Analyze macro global shifts that inform marketing of potential opportunities and inform key buying decisions.
• Conduct store visits to understand trends, product performance, assortment balance and customer experience (online and in-store).
• Collaborate with the team to generate new product ideas based on research.
• Compile and present a high-level seasonal fabric overview to feed into the sourcing strategy.
• Identify and present high-level continuity, volume input and product updates that feed into continuity workshops.
• Build out high-level seasonal colour palettes across the Group.
• Create mood boards and monthly/quarterly colour flows by department, including print and pattern direction.
• Provide inspiration highlighting key graphic and print messages for the season.
• Present design brief to the Group to enable Range Build.

• Identify product opportunities for tests in season.
• Identify opportunities for third-party collaborations.
• Identify opportunities around key seasonal events and drive cross-group collaborations where appropriate.
• Drive innovation & sustainability with fabric techs and sourcing.
• Present quarterly trend updates to the FBH community.

• 5 – 8 years of senior-level experience in fashion design or trend forecasting.
• Mastery of Adobe Suite and other industry-standard design tools; excellent sketching and illustration skills. Familiarity with trend forecasting platforms (e.g., WGSN) and ability to conduct high-level market and trend analysis.
• Ability to lead cross-functional projects and contribute to strategic planning with a focus on innovation and growth.
• Strong creative vision, analytical skills to interpret design trends, advanced conceptual abilities, and outstanding presentation skills. Proven ability to translate trends into commercially successful product lines.

Well known Online International Fashion Brand is seeking an experienced BUYER in Womenswear to join their team in Cape Town. As a Buyer you will contribute to the continued growth of the brand. Your primary responsibility will be to manage a small buying portfolio with guidance from the Buying Manager and to support the department across all administrative functions related to the purchasing of products.

• Responsible for managing a small portfolio alongside supporting the Buyer on administrative work.
• Work with a buyer in nurturing and procuring relationships with merchants, both local and international brands.
• Identify new and on trend businesses and products for your portfolio.
• Supplier relations – maintain and build key accounts with merchants.
• Trend forecasting and analysis.
• Develop, execute and monitor merchandise strategy.
• Work alongside planning to establish buying plans and strategies that will maximize sales margin and profit.
• Conduct monthly comp shops and apply learnings.
• Analyze product performance and react to trading conditions.
• Timely placement and delivery of purchase orders.
• Complete spreadsheets accurately and gather all required product data.
• Administrative tasks around buying and uploading product data onto our system.

• Tertiary degree, diploma or certificate is advantageous
• 2 years’ experience as a buyer or assistant buyer
• A master negotiator
• Ability to think on his/her feet
• Critical thinking
• Excellent communication skills.
• Good organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Managing competing priorities
• Proven decision-making ability.
• Resilient, dedicated and self-motivated
• Strong business acumen and merchant thinking
• Strong analytical ability, uses data to inform decisions, identify the root cause and resolve problems
• Strong willingness to learn
• Proven track record of negotiation and stakeholder management
• Entrepreneurial/commercial mindset Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude; self-motivated
• Ability to manage self and an assistant according to clear prioritization and structured planning
• ability to build lasting supplier relationships and manage according to SLAs (existing industry networks a significant plus)
• Understanding of the key business drivers within online retail

Salary R21,000 to R33,000 CTC depending on experience
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• Matric
• Minimum 2 years experience in a retail management role with proven sales results.
• Energetic, goal-oriented, and able to lead by example.
• Strong organizational and process-driven mindset.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with maturity, integrity, and professionalism.
• Confident, ambitious, conscientious, and adaptable personality.

Well known Online International Fashion Brand is seeking experienced SENIOR BUYERS , specialised in Home and Living, Menswear and Maternity Womenswear to join their team in Cape Town. The purpose of the role is to be accountable for sourcing/maintaining suppliers for various portfolios within a category based on profitability targets.

• Develop a comprehensive strategy/plan to drive growth across the department in sales, brands, suppliers and new product listings
• Source and prioritize new brands and suppliers according to this growth plan and in line with market trends and consumer demand
• Deliver against key financial and service level performance indicators within the department (sales, intake and sales margin, listings availability, sell throughs, stock cover etc.)
• Manage and develop supplier relationships, negotiate good prices, improve trading terms and manage intakes and suppliers according to strict SLAs
• Develop a promotional program, source great deals and manage site merchandising for the department
• Support the operations team in delivering a world-class customer experience – monitor department returns, support the customer service team on product queries and resolving any customer complaints
• Manage stock and availability (including replenishment orders, stock cover)
• Manage OTB and Intakes
• Supporting performance improvement initiatives for the Retail team as a whole

• Bachelor’s degree (Business Science/B.Com/Bsc)
• Commercial postgraduate qualification (Honours/Postgraduate Diploma)
• 8 years’ experience in retail buying
• 3-5 years’ experience as a Senior Buyer (Home and Living / Menswear / Maternity division)
• Ability to think on his/her feet
• Critical thinking
• Excellent communication skills.
• Good organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Managing competing priorities
• Proven decision-making ability.
• Resilient, dedicated and self-motivated
• Strong business acumen and merchant thinking
• Strong analytical ability, uses data to inform decisions, identify the root cause and resolve problems
• Strong willingness to learn
• Proven track record of negotiation and stakeholder management
• Entrepreneurial/commercial mindset Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude; self-motivated
• Ability to manage self and an assistant according to clear prioritization and structured planning
• ability to build lasting supplier relationships and manage according to SLAs (existing industry networks a significant plus)
• Understanding of the key business drivers within online retail

Salary R64,000 to R93,000 CTC depending on experience

Start ASAP

To apply for the Buyers, Cape Town, Online Fashion Brand job please send your CV in a word document together with your CV.

ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED.

Recruit for Africa is a recruitment agency based in South Africa specialising exclusively in hospitality, retail and teachers placements. Do not look any further and contact Recruit for Africa to find you the perfect employee or to secure your dream job!

Disclaimer

Personal information received from applicants will only be processed for the purposes obtained as disclosed in our privacy policy. By applying for this job you accept that we can process your personal information as specified and you agree to our privacy policy found on Recruit for Africa website. Recruit for Africa (Pty) Ltd has safeguards in place to ensure the confidentiality of this personal information.