Our client is looking for a Senior Buyer to be part of their Stores Merchandising Team. You will be responsible for managing a specific business unit within a gender across multiple fields of play within the North America geography. The role requires the ability to partner, communicate and influence key cross-functional partners (Stores Merchandising Merchants & LT, Geo Consumer Merch, Planning & Allocation, Visual Merchandising, Store Operations teams, Brand Marketing) to bring to life the end of in mind vision of the assortment to best serve our consumers. Strong sense of business acumen, the ability to manage and drive multiple seasons, and a deep understanding of trend, consumer and marketplace will be critical to this role.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are looking for a consumerist with an affinity for product who enjoys the energy of moving at the pace of retail and our consumer. A successful Senior Merchant will contribute to an inclusive, positive, and progressive team dynamic. It's about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.
This candidate should possess an understanding of the consumer and marketplace landscapes. The candidate should possess solid retail acumen and analytical skills, and an understanding of retail environments.
At times working autonomously, agile, and solution-oriented, this role is responsible for driving the consumer product offering across the different merchandising dimensions. They will also influence the product offering End to End (from insights to adoption) as well as focusing on multi-season management of our client's most innovative franchises!
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
- You will build consumer-centric assortment plans with an understanding of the full marketplace, blending fact-based and intuitive inputs. You will participate in seasonal reviews & assortment building in partnership with marketplace account-focused merchants.
- You will balance multiple seasons. Your insights will contribute to future season plans and adoption by supporting Gender Merchandising Leadership and upstream partnership within Global Merchandising. You will manage your areas of assortment planning in depth during the seasonal process and gather consumer trends and marketplace insights from in-market seasons.
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
You will work closely with fellow merchants and cross-functional teams within global and geo merchandising; Planning, Allocation, and Brand Marketing. We also work with finance, operations and the insights/analytics teams; relying on business reporting for your area which includes quantitative and qualitative metrics on sales, inventory and consumer behaviors.
WHAT YOU BRING
- Bachelor’s degree or higher, or combination of relevant education, experience, and training
- 4+ years experience in Footwear, Apparel, Equipment, or relevant consumer product merchandising, product creation and/or retail in a vertical, multi-brand or digital environment
- Strong command of common retail and/or digital metrics such as sell-through, margin, full price realization, weeks of supply, etc.
- Proven ability to translate consumer, sales, trend, and marketplace insights into in-season and long-term breakthrough strategies
- Preparing seasonal tools to equip your marketplace partners with an understanding of seasonal priorities.
- Experience developing strong working relationships with teammates and cross-functional partners
- Great teammate and contributor, with an attitude and excitement to learn new things
- Strong communication skills and comfort navigating a cross-functional matrix with an emphasis on influencing skills
- Attention to detail, understanding the importance of consistency
REQUIRED:
- Merchandising and buying experience
- Understands how to create and plan assortments, understands what's selling or not working, is able to influence a plan
- Excel, Keynote or PowerPoint
IDEAL CANDIDATE:
- Style driven apparel, consumer trends and behavior
- Someone who is interested in building a point view for store locations in different cities
- Very collaborative and team player
The target hiring compensation range for this role is $42 – $44/hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location. Additional benefits offered may include; medical health insurance and dental insurance, life insurance, and eligibility to participate in 401k plan with company match (if applicable).
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