Buying manager (Fashion retail Brand)- Apparel

Key Factors:

1. Proven experience in sales and business development, preferably within the education sector, specifically in selling admission management solutions to CBSE, ICSE, IGCSE, IB, and boarding schools.
2. Strong understanding of the admission processes and challenges faced by educational institutions.
3. Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively engage with school stakeholders at all levels.
4. The proactive and results-driven mindset with a track record of meeting or exceeding sales targets.
5. Ability to build and nurture long-term relationships with customers.
6. Strong negotiation and closing skills, with attention to detail in contract and agreement management.
7. Exceptional organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks effectively.
8. Willingness to travel within the assigned territory as required.
9. Bachelor's or Master’s degree in business, marketing, education, or a related field is preferred.

Review Criteria:

Mandatory:

• Strong Technical Recruiter profile
• Must have 7+ years of experience in end to end recruitment (sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer negotiation, joining etc)
• Must have 4+ years of experience in tech recruitment across different tech roles
• Strong grasp of technical concepts and ability to evaluate candidate fit for different technical roles
• Must have experience of analyzing data to improve hiring funnel, take data-driven hiring decisions
• Must be proficient in advanced sourcing techniques such as Boolean search, social media recruiting, and referral programs
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills — should be articulate, confident, and well-spoken in interactions
• Product companies
• This is an IC role

Preferred:

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, or a related field

Role & Responsibilities:

The company’s Human Resources team plays a critical role in enabling business growth by building high-performing, mission-driven teams across geographies. As a people-first organization, we are focused on attracting, developing, and retaining top talent while creating an engaging and inclusive employee experience.

As a Senior Technical Recruiter, you will own end-to-end hiring for technology roles. You will partner closely with technology leaders to understand evolving workforce needs, build strong talent pipelines, and deliver high-quality hiring outcomes. This role requires a strong understanding of technology roles, proactive sourcing capabilities, and the ability to influence stakeholders while strengthening company’s employer brand.

What you will be expected to do:

• Own and manage the full recruitment lifecycle for technology and IT roles, from sourcing to offer management and onboarding support.
• Partner with technology leaders to understand hiring priorities, role requirements, and future talent needs.
• Design and execute effective sourcing strategies, leveraging online platforms, professional networks, referrals, and offline channels.
• Conduct initial screening and structured interviews using technical, behavioural, and competency-based assessment methods.
• Coordinate and manage interview processes, ensuring a smooth and positive candidate experience.
• Review employment applications and background verification reports to ensure compliance with hiring standards.
• Act as a trusted advisor to candidates, providing clarity on role expectations, compensation, benefits, and work culture.
• Build and maintain strong, long-term relationships with active and passive talent pools.
• Track and report on key talent acquisition metrics, including time-to-hire, source effectiveness, and pipeline health.
• Stay abreast of market trends, emerging technologies, and competitor hiring practices to strengthen hiring strategies.
• Analyse and improve hiring and candidate experience through surveys, feedbacks, etc.

Ideal Candidate:

• 7 to 10 years of overall recruitment experience, with 4-7 years focused on technical/IT hiring.
• Good understanding of technology roles and the ability to assess and articulate technical requirements.
• Hands-on experience with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and resume databases.
• Good analytical skills, including market mapping, talent research, and data-driven hiring decisions.
• Proficiency in advanced sourcing techniques such as Boolean search, social media recruiting, and referral programs.
• Good verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence both candidates and hiring managers.
• High levels of ownership, self-motivation, and a proactive, solution-oriented mindset.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, or a related field (preferred).

Perks, Benefits and Work Culture:

• Because we are a high-growth global enterprise, and because we prefer to promote successful employees internally, Greenlight Planet offers opportunities for flexible assignments and rapid international career progression as well as a competitive salary and a fun, supportive work environment. Our Creative team, headquartered in Nairobi, is an innovative team, operating in a stimulating atmosphere where our only measure is in the results we deliver.
• Greenlight Planet is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, HIV/Aids, disability or any other protected characteristic as established by law. If you are a committed, passionate professional who wants to become part of a compelling social venture that is redefining energy access in Asia and Africa for the underserved, we want to hear from you.

• Strong experienced Product Design Profile
• Mandatory (Experience 1) – Must have 8+ YOE in Product Design, with a focus on B2C or B2B2C Products
• Mandatory (Experience 2) – Must have strong experience in Project Management - Using Jira and other similar tools to manage projects efficiently
• Mandatory (Designation) – Must be Manager / Staff or above designation in Current role
• Mandatory (Team Managememt) - Must have atleast recent 2+ YOE as a Team Manager (Not mentoring, should be in a complete Manager role)
• Mandatory (Portfolio) - Must have strong High-fidelity UI Designs, Interaction models, and Design systems for Large-scale B2C Products
• Mandatory (Company) - Large-Scale B2C Products
• Mandatory (Gender) - Male candidates only

Preferred

• Preferred (Experience) - Retail domain experience

• Promote insurance products and services through digital and offline marketing channels.

• Identify potential customers and generate qualified leads.

• Assist in organizing and participating in promotional campaigns, marketing initiatives,

and customer engagement activities.

• Support the sales team in pitching insurance plans and explaining product benefits.

• Collect and analyze market feedback for continuous improvement.

• Stay updated with industry trends and product knowledge.

• Maintain accurate records of outreach and customer interactions using CRM tools or

spreadsheets.

• Close sales deals and work towards achieving monthly/quarterly sales targets.

• Travel to different cities for client meetings, product demos, and business negotiations.

• Visit customer sites to understand requirements and build strong business relationships.

• Maintain proper documentation of leads, follow-ups, and sales activities.

Key Responsibilities & Technical Expertise

• Design, develop, customize, and maintain Magento 2 websites, extensions, and modules.
• Build and enhance Progressive Web Applications (PWA) using Magento PWA Studio, React.js, and GraphQL.
• Integrate third-party systems including payment gateways, ERP, CRM, and other API-based services.
• Optimize site performance, caching, and scalability using tools like Redis, Varnish, and Elasticsearch/OpenSearch.
• Configure caching, indexing, and CDN for improved site performance.
• Expertise in HTML5, CSS3, LESS/SASS, JavaScript, jQuery, and TypeScript.
• Skilled in React.js, Redux, GraphQL, and REST APIs for modern frontend development in Magento PWA.
• Proficient in Magento theme development, custom module development, and UI component customization.
• Set up and manage Docker-based environments for local development, staging, and production deployments.
• Implement security best practices, perform regular updates, and maintain backup and disaster recovery strategies.

Responsibilities

• Translate mockups and prototypes into interactive and responsive web applications with modern front-end technology
• Take highly complex information and make it digestible for business users
• Objectively navigate the unknown with effective communication and decision making
• Apply atomic design principles to emerging technologies and frameworks
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Eligibility

• Experience in Angular/React, proficiency with JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, and CSS
• Expert knowledge of responsive web design
• Knowledge of Git, GitHub, GitLab, and/or Bitbucket
• Knowledge of programming patterns, design patterns, and principles
• Have a great sense of design and basic knowledge about interaction design concepts

• Experience in defining and architecting future-ready commercial and customer-facing Digital products and platforms and demonstrated digital architecture thought leadership (big picture thinking)
• Should have extensive experience in designing Salesforce applications, solution blueprinting, effort estimation, and creating work plans
• Should have strong experience in hands-on development using out-of-box features and custom development with Apex, Visualforce, JavaScript, and other force.com programming languages including high proficiency in lightning
• Should provide technical expertise in identifying, evaluating, and developing technology solutions including integrations with other enterprise software solutions
• Build and develop web services using REST, SOAP, and other Salesforce APIs to support various integration points with other systems
• Functionally strong in Salesforce Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, CPQ (Configure Price Quote)
• A technically strong and hands-on person willing to code and enthusiastic/ passionate about technical problems in Salesforce.
• Strong exposure to Salesforce Lightning (Lightning Experience, Aura and, LWC) and understands in-depth of Salesforce Lightning Design System.
• Strong exposure to Portals (Partner, Customer) with a varied use of using CMS and Data-Driven Development.
• Understand Lifecycle of Business and Lifecycle Transformation in Salesforce in Manufacturing, Healthcare, Service and, Supply Chain Verticals.
• Could perform System Evaluation in recommending points and consideration for Config vs Code.
• Has performed atleast three End to end Project Transformations in Salesforce using Sales, Service or Community.
• Proactive and willing to learn new technologies with a focus on Very Large Data Volumes and Security.
• Should have Admin, Platform Developer 2 with either salesforce Sales Cloud, Service Cloud or Community Cloud Consultant Certification.
• Voracious and Independent thinker willing to handle Customers/ Stakeholders. Willing to work independently as required.
• Should be aware of Scrum working process and handling large teams (More than 30 Members).
• Strong influencing and communication skills - Ability to present solutions to IT Leadership, business stakeholders, product and development teams in a compelling manner to help them understand why such a solution is required and have the ability to justify the rationale of the particular solution design. Ability to influence in complex situations where stakeholders do not always agree about methods, choices, and strategic direction.
• Experience with developing resource and budget estimates (BOM and staffing)
• Working with global remote teams

Desired Skills:

• Nice to Have Salesforce Architecture Certification in Application Architect or System Architect with exposure to CTA.
• Nice to have a person who understands Salesforce B2B E-commerce, Marketing Cloud, and varying Industry Cloud exposure.
• Strong familiarity with emerging digital frameworks and patterns, Information Security and Data access controls
• Experience of working with platform/package vendors and their solution teams as part of architecting the overall solution.
• Technical acumen and proficiency in Agile and DevOps methodologies, tools, and governance/standards
• Ability to deliver various artifacts as part of the enterprise application architecture, including implementation models, technology matrices, communications diagrams, application use-case diagrams, migration/distribution diagrams, etc.
• Understanding of software development practices like DevOps and CI/CD tool chains (i.e., Jenkins, Spinnaker, Azure DevOps, GitHub) is preferred
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 About the role:  

• We are looking for an energetic partnership and alliances manager to help us expand our clientèle.

• The goal is to drive sustainable financial growth through boosting partnerships and forging strong relationships with clients.

• New Business Development: Prospecting potential E-commerce clients for successful and profitable alliance for various lines of product.

• Researching organizations and individuals on-line (especially on social media) to identify new leads and potential new markets.

• Researching the needs of other companies and learning who makes decisions about purchasing.

• Understand products and services offered by us and be able to articulate its functions and benefits to external audiences.

• On boarding the New partner, scoping out the business, and ensuring a smooth transition of the channel.

• Great interpersonal skills promote interest, which can ultimately lead to purchases. Other essential factors include:

• Salesmanship – understanding the needs of others and presenting your company as capable of meeting their desires leads to buying

•  Thick skin – potential customers do not always wish to be contacted and sales efforts fail quite routinely, so the ability to move on from negative situations is imperative 

• Multitasking skills – juggling multiple projects and clients is commonplace and requires good time management, attention to detail, and prioritization

• Industry background – experience in the area in which one is selling can be required or at least helpful, such as healthcare knowledge when promoting medical insurance

• Analytical skills. Person must evaluate the characteristics of each client to determine the appropriate insurance policy.

• Communication skills. Person must be able to communicate effectively with customers by listening to their requests and suggesting suitable policies.

• Initiative. Person need to actively seek out new customers to maintain a flow of commissions.

• Self-confidence. Person should be confident when making “cold” calls (calls to prospective customers who have not been contacted before). They must speak clearly and persuasively and maintain their composure if rejected.

 Responsibilities:  

• Your primary focus is to identify, pitch, negotiate and on-board new clients on the field. You will work on game-changing ideas, use deep business insight and market knowledge to play a critical role in bringing prospects through the full sales cycle.

• Work with the management team to identify and evaluate new markets, new target clients.

• Develop and implement strategic sales plan. Identify and evaluate specific new profitable business opportunities. Initiate and complete proposals and presentations for new business opportunities

• To maintain an excellent client relationship with existing and potential clients

• Conduct research to identify new markets and customer needs

• Promote the company’s products/services addressing or predicting clients’ objectives. Prepare sales contracts ensuring adherence to law-established rules and guidelines

• Meeting the untapped segments and markets.Build the brand, Responsible for Growth and Partnership

• Designed innovative products for the customers as per the needs.

• Established relations with major corporates to be a partner in their financial supports for employees and for the wealth advisory.

• Ensure business target achievement: Pipeline building, Client conversion, Onboarding and Revenues

• Manage customer expectations through cross-functional interactions & ensuring that deliverables are completed. Develop excellent relationships with key clients, provide support during implementation, onboarding and troubleshooting any product issues or concerns.

 Requirements: 

• Being pleasantly persistent. Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Ruthless time management and timely delivery of tasks allocated.

• Strong Business Development & consultative selling skills.

• Passionate people who want to hustle and can handle ambiguity

• History of consistently exceeding KPIs, revenue targets and company goals

• Ability to resolve problems, adapt, and grow quickly as we create the Client Success organization