Buyer

Responsibilities

• Create and execute a merchandise assortment plan that supports the financial, merchandising, and marketing objectives set by senior management
• Work closely with the Design Team on trend and category direction
• Providing guidance based on key learnings within your department
• Participate in bi-weekly open-to-buy meetings with Planning and provide feedback and analysis to ensure the departments achieve financial targets and goals
• Spot emerging and declining trends through competitive shopping, historical sales and web analytics data, vendor relationships, and market research
• Develop sound business strategies to capitalize on and avoid being late to enter and exit trends
• Work with our marketing and creative teams to create seasonal marketing strategies

Requirements

• Must be curious and fashion/culture obsessed
• BA/BS degree and 10+ years of experience as a Buyer at a fashion retailer
• Track record of creating and implementing assortment and merchandising strategies. 
• Experience managing a team
• Proven results negotiating with vendors to improve costs and reduce lead times
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to adapt them for different audiences: vendors, internal partners, stakeholders and leadership
• Excellent problem solving ability
• Strong Excel skills 
• Self-starter who can manage multiple priorities at once and learn new things with little oversight
• Creative problem solver