Buyer
HybridLos Angeles, California, United States
Job Summary
Develop commercially sound product strategies and assortment plans that align with financial, merchandising, and marketing objectives. Partner directly with vendors to support strategic exclusive assortments, manage product development, and drive negotiations on quality, quantity, and landed costs. Execute seasonal concepts and promotional strategies while setting pricing recommendations to meet open-to-buy goals for sales, inventory, cost, and margin. Analyze in-season performance, recommend markdowns, and react to weekly business data to inform reorders, assortment edits, and future season actions. Lead junior team members, maintain strong vendor relationships, and collaborate cross-functionally to hit category targets.
Required Qualifications
- Deep experience in women's apparel with a proven track record of delivering to company KPIs, specifically in several of the following categories: intimate apparel, sleep and lounge, activewear, athleisure, swim and cover ups
- Passion for and understanding of the Vici customer and how to best serve her
- High taste level, with broad market and fashion knowledge, ability to translate trends into commercially viable revenue streams
- Excellent analytical, time management and organization skills; meticulous attention to detail
- Demonstrates a high degree of personal and professional integrity
- Thrives working in a fast-paced agile environment with shifting priorities and is able to manage details with vendor base related to product development and ensuring categories are appropriately launched via agreed upon target dates
- Ability to work collaboratively across different groups to advance company objectives
- Skilled at communicating and negotiating clearly both verbally and in writing
- Excellent problem-solving skills; willingness to think out-of-the-box to resolve issues
- Strong analytical skills; demonstrated proficiency working with large data sets
- Comfortable working with large data sets as well as within systems like Net Suite and Shopify
- Ability to read, write, speak and understand the English language fluently, and communicate verbally and in writing at a professional level
- Demonstrated knowledge and proficiency with Microsoft Office (especially Excel), Mac and Google products)
- Knowledge of standard applications (Slack, Office365, Chrome, etc.)
- Bachelor's Degree in related field (or equivalent work experience)
- 4-6+ years prior experience in retail/ecommerce merchandising and buying
- Previous management of an assistant or associate
- Hybrid with 3 days in office per week (Tuesday through Thursday) requirement
Desired Qualifications
- Must be able to lift 20 pounds
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