Buyer – Men's Knits

Role Overview

• Develop a compelling assortment, based on store and direct strategies that meet/exceed sales volume and profits
• Expand product line to enhance appeal to target market.
• Analyze velocity reports and respond to current trends as appropriate
• Ensure key fashion trends are well represented in the assortment.
• Test emerging trends for selling viability
• Facilitate finalizations to plan and merchandise product assortments for all channels
• Shop domestic and international market to fill voids, check on current trends and identify “chase opportunities”
• Ability to distort classifications to ensure positioning within the market
• Responsible for managing inventory levels and flow
• Develop new resources
• Develop new design collaborations and manage artist relationships
• Negotiate price to insure mark-up goals are achieved
• Maintain clear vision of store and direct customer and her needs. Also develop the buying team in this area
• Work with Merchandising team to develop strong story lines for the web-sight, emails and store presentations
• Weekly: Analyze velocity, attributes, and TY/LY. Manage OTB, markdowns, and inventory flow.
• Monthly: Analyze returns and markdowns for all channels and develop strategies to achieve profitability. Work closely with cross-functional teams to develop new and evolving strategies for go forward.
• Post Season: Conduct in-season and post-season analyses to better evaluate and control the business.
• Clearly communicate current trends, opportunities, successes, and failures at best/worst meetings.
• Maintain merchandising calendar relevant to Home
• Manage Buying team on daily sample management and collection of product information for style-outs, meetings, and photo shoots
• Train, manage, and delegate daily activities to Buying team
• Drive and understand the private label process for product development. Contribute to continuous improvement in efficiencies, execution, brand/product positioning, timing, and quality.
• Shop competition and inspirational stores
• Read all pertinent trade, trend, consumer publications. Stay connected to current industry trends, fashion shows, design fairs, art exhibitions, and other influential cultural events.
• Challenge the buying team to interpret seasonal trends for all channels.

Requirements

• 5+ years buying experience required

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• PTO
• generous employee discounts
• retirement savings