IWANTTOBEAFASHIONBUYER.COM is a wholly owned division of Numensa Pty Ltd.  Numensa was founded in 2012 to provide retail consultancy and training to retailers and their merchandise management teams.

Since 2012, we have worked with over 50 different companies and brands, from large ASX 200 companies, to privately owned fashion chains, as well as smaller brands.  Our experience spans a number of industries, including fashion, furniture & home, sports goods, hardware and grocery.

Initially, most of our work was in consulting and face-to-face training for retailers’ buying and planning teams.  More recently, we have launched the Numensa Academy to provide online technical skills training.

In 2021 we launched the IWANTTOBEAFASHIONBUYER.COM programs, and in 2023, the Numensa Internship Program, to further provide career support and to assist students and graduates to gain that all important career experience.

Since early 2026, we have decided to focus on two areas: online technical skills training through NUMENSA ACADEMY, for people already working in merchandise management, wanting to further develop their capabilities in buying and merchandise planning. We are also focusing on the Fashion Buying and Merchandise Planning programs through IWANTTOBEAFASHIONBUYER.COM

In 2019, we recognised the need for retailers to be able to recruit junior team members who had real industry knowledge and skills, people who could hit the ground running.

What we have developed and launched March 2021, (postponed launch due to COVID-19) is a unique online course in fashion buying and merchandise planning.  We want to provide the best trained candidates to fill these roles and we are using our years of experience and our close relationships with our clients to ensure we do just that.

IWANTTOBEAFASHIONBUYER.COM

Your fashion career starts here…

Is to support career development in the fashion retail industry.  We will do this providing an exemplary learning experience to our students and act as a conduit to young talent to our retail partners.  

ENJOYMENT – let’s enjoy ourselves

CARE – let’s look after each other                                                           

INNOVATION – let’s find our edge                     

SUSTAINABILITY – let’s leave a light footprint