Job Description

Job Overview

The Buyer is responsible for category assortments and associated products. Including responsibly for cost, margins, pricing and payment terms. The Buyer handles various aspects including, but not limited to, promotion planning, forecasting, vendor relations, online sales and new products additions that are added to their category assortment.

 

Responsibilities and Duties

• Creates, updates, and manages robust product assortments
• Meets sales and margin targets
• New product additions and product development
• Product management and product lifecycles
• Manages and reviews category assortments
• Negotiates prices and terms with Vendors and Wholesale Distributors
• Cost negotiation and product margins
• Product pricing strategy
• Vendor relations
• Competitive Analysis
• Promotion planning, forecasting, and ordering
• Collects and posts blackout dates from Vendors
• Prepares for meetings and trade shows (creates reports, reviews information, etc.)
• Tracks new releases, competitive pricing and rebates
• Tests and evaluate samples
• Trade show and Vendor Facility Travel required

Opportunities for Growth

The natural trajectory for someone in the Buyer position within the Merchandising Department is the Senior Buyer position. As such positions become available, the ideal candidate will have mastered all: (1) job responsibilities and duties and (2) the relationships of the Buyer position. The ideal candidate will have clearly demonstrated the ability to manage his/her own time and their portion of the business.

Other Duties
Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Skills and Qualifications

• 2–4 years of buying, merchandising, or category management experience (retail or wholesale environment preferred)
• Strong negotiation skills with proven ability to achieve cost savings and margin growth
• Analytical skills to interpret sales data, forecasts, and industry trends
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail with ability to manage multiple priorities
• Strong communication and relationship management skills with vendors and internal teams
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Ability to travel for trade shows and vendor visits as required
• Self-motivated, proactive, and results-driven with ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities under tight deadlines

Job Tags

Full time, Work at office,

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