ASSISTANT BUYER- Happy Beauty Co
HybridPlano, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Support the Buyer with assortment strategy, vendor partnerships, and pricing/promotional alignment to maximize sales, gross margin, and inventory objectives for assigned categories. Collaborate with marketing, operations, and planning teams to execute a customer-first product strategy and ensure ideal inventory levels. Analyze multiple resources to identify profitable exit strategies for slow-moving items and develop concise merchandising conclusions. Present findings to leadership while attending vendor meetings and tradeshow presentations to promote new products and trends. Drive category growth through competitive analysis and strategic vendor negotiations to reduce costs and secure special terms.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- 2-4 years purchasing or merchandising experience in related field
- Category management experience in related field preferred
- Consumer goods and services preferred
- Proven track record of growing categories or leading category growth
- Strong analytical and organizational skills combined with high creative potential
- Ability to multi task with accuracy
- Leadership qualities and work ethics that dictate the standards for the department
- Ability to communicate with and influence all levels of staff
- Strong negotiation skills
- Location: Hybrid | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday at the Sally Beauty Support Center, Legacy West (Plano, TX)
Desired Qualifications
- Category management experience in related field preferred
- Consumer goods and services preferred
- Beauty experience a plus
- JDA a plus
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