Non-Award
Our Fashion Buying & Merchandise Planning ULTIMATE program is a six-month guided online course that has been devised to give you a thorough understanding of the various tasks undertaken by team members in a retail buying and planning office. Each month, we guide you through a subject area whilst you work one or two days per week in a buying office gaining real work experience. This unique combination puts you in the best possible position to launch your career…
There is a weekly timetable of modules and assessments to complete, and a weekly live tutorial to unpack what you have learnt both online and at the internship. The internship is guided, so for the first couple of months, you will get a helicopter view of the different roles and departments that work in and alongside merchandise management. Then you will spend the remainder of the internship learning how to perform the various tasks required by junior members of the buying and planning team, so that you have real work experience to add to your CV, and you can hit the ground running when you land your first role.
Month 1: Introduction to retail buying
Month 2: Strategy and planning
Month 3: Trends and product development
Month 4: Sales performance and pricing
Month 5: Sourcing and negotiation
Month 6: Career development