What I Look for When I Review a Fashion Buyer's Performance

Fashion college teaches you how to buy. It does not teach you how to be assessed as a professional in a commercial business. In this episode, Elisabeth Mac Hale explains what is actually being looked at in a performance review: the buying-specific technical skills and the professional competencies that sit alongside them and why understanding the full picture changes how you prepare, how you show up, and how you develop.

In this episode:

•  Why your buying numbers are only part of what a manager is assessing in a review

•  The four professional competencies that commercial businesses assess and what they look like specifically in a buying role

•  The one question that reveals more about a buyer than almost anything else in a review conversation

•  How to build the skills that matter most without waiting for a formal development plan

If you are ready to develop the full commercial and technical skill set that managers assess at this level, explore the Thrive in Fashion Buying and Merchandising course:

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