Thank you for your interest in joining our team! QVC Group, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company with six leading retail brands – QVC®, HSN®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill® and Grandin Road®. We are a live social shopping company that redefines the shopping experience through video-driven commerce on every screen, from smartphones and tablets to laptops and TVs.
QVC Group brings innovative products, compelling content, and unforgettable moments to millions of shoppers worldwide via social platforms, streaming apps, ecommerce sites and TV channels, making every screen a doorway to discovery, delight and community.
The Opportunity
The Buyer I position is a developmental role intended to prepare for a Buyer II position. The primary responsibility of the Buyer I is to develop, negotiate and execute new products, concepts, shows, and ideas while maximizing multi-platform opportunities that will resonate with customers. The Buyer I will have ownership of a portion of the Buying Office's business and take accountability for long term and short term strategic and financial planning, purchasing and managing sales objectives. Select products based on relevant trends and understand how to translate them into products/concept for multi-platform retail. Educate and communicate with vendors and cross-functional departments. Accountable for leadership and management of portion of team.
We offer great flex as we are only in the office bi weekly Tuesday and Wednesday!
This Buyer 1 will be supporting QVC Cleaning, QVC NFL and HSN NFL.
Who We Are
QVC empowers shoppers with knowledge and shares insights in a lively and engaging way. We offer an ever-changing collection of familiar brands and fresh new products – from home and fashion to beauty, electronics and jewelry – and we connect shoppers to interesting personalities, engaging stories and award-winning customer service. QVC reaches more than 200 million homes worldwide via its 12 broadcast networks and reaches millions more via multiple streaming services, websites, mobile apps and social pages.
Your Impact
- Under the supervision of the Buyer II, the Buyer I is responsible for maintaining the on-air assortment for assigned merchandise categories and executing on air strategies.
- Identify, develop, negotiate terms, and purchase items that will be successful in electronic retail and which meet or exceed the expectations of our customers. Analyze item, category and other relevant on-air sales to follow trends and react accordingly based on performance. Analyze the productivity of each vendor and category within product lines of responsibility. Evaluate customer-buying behaviors and identify trends.
- Discover new vendors and leverage existing vendors to deliver on product assortments
- Responsible for daily office functions (e.g., maintaining spreadsheets, item creation, etc). Assist in training the Intern and Assistant Buyer regarding daily office operations. Handle Quality Assurance (QA) issues. Demonstrate a high level of product expertise.
- The Buyer I will also manage our Merch Admin, so leadership experience is appreciated.
- Partner and communicate with internal counterparts to maximize efficiency of product lifecycle activities and manage the order process. Establish cross-functional relationships with Quality Assurance, Category production, eCommerce, Legal, Social Marketing, Multi Channel Planning, Sales, and Planning to ensure products are presented to our customer properly. Developing these relationships is an essential part of maintaining clear business goals and objectives.
- Establish and maintain vendor relationships. Responsible for vendor communication, education, and preparation. Responsible to return all vendor calls in a timely basis. Give effective oral and written presentations.
What You Bring
- 3-5 years of corporate merchandise buying experience.
- Demonstrated ability to operate independently requiring limited supervision and exercise proper judgment.
- Excellent oral, written and presentation skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills. Ability to interface well with cross-functional teammates at all levels.
Remote work is not permitted in NYC at this time
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If you enjoy being a part of a team, creating experiences and delighting customers, you’ll love it here. If you’re excited about retail, media, social, live streaming, technology, customer service, design and more, you’ll find amazing projects to work on. If you want to grow professionally and learn every day, you’ll thrive with us. If you appreciate a company committed to inclusion and belonging for all, you’ll be amazed at what’s available for our team members. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package including competitive compensation, health care benefits starting on day 1, 401(k), paid time off, tuition reimbursement, employee assistance program, parental leave, paid volunteer hours, company discounts and much more. Best of all, working with QVC Group means friendly teams, ambitious projects and fast-moving careers!
For QVC Group, our commitment to inclusion and belonging for all is deeply rooted in Our Principles. They call on us to Drive Progress, Act With Empathy, Be Brave, Embrace the Future, and Do What’s Right so that everyone can thrive. We are committed to ensuring that our workplace provides equal employment opportunities for all team members and candidates and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. As an equal opportunity employer, QVC Group is committed to a barrier-free employment process. If you need reasonable accommodations/support throughout, please contact us at [email protected] for assistance.
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QVC Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about QVC Group and has not been reviewed or approved by QVC Group.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is positioned as broad, including medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage, and company-paid life insurance and AD&D. Additional wellness supports like confidential counseling and condition-management programs are also part of the offering.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible work arrangements such as remote work, flextime, and compressed schedules are available in parts of the organization. Spending-account options like HSA and FSA are included within the benefits mix.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support includes access to a 401(k) plan with company matching, and some sources also reference a pension plan. Performance bonuses are also described as available for some employees.
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Curated Experiences. Infinite Possibilities.® We believe in a Third Way to Shop® – beyond transactional ecommerce or traditional brick-and-mortar stores – for customers who crave engaging shopping experiences. We're a select group of diverse businesses that provide customers with curated collections of unique products, made personal and relevant by the power of storytelling. We combine the best of retail, media, and social to curate experiences, conversations, and communities for millions of highly discerning shoppers. We bring joy, inspiration, and humanity to shopping. We also curate large audiences, across our many platforms, for our thousands of brand vendors. Qurate Retail Group comprises seven leading retail brands – QVC®, HSN®, Zulily®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill®, and Grandin Road®. We reach approximately 218 million homes worldwide via 14 television networks and reach millions more via multiple streaming services, social pages, mobile apps, websites, print catalogs, and in-store destinations. We're a world leader in video commerce globally, among the top ecommerce retailers in North America (according to Digital Commerce 360), and a leader in mobile commerce and social commerce.
