Sr E-Commerce Buyer, Men's & Women's

POSITION SUMMARY

The Sr Buyer, E-Commerce is a seasoned business manager with experience running multiple departments. The buyer will be responsible for addressing and managing E-commerce challenges and opportunities to support and execute strategic initiatives to achieve sales targets and maintain profitability across all managed Apparel/Lounge and Underwear categories.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES OF THE JOB:

Strategic Assortment & Buying

• Handle all aspects of buying for assigned departments and classifications, ensuring that financial targets and plans are met.
• Manages/oversees choice-level investment strategy by season, in close collaboration with Planning
• Collaborate with global merchandising and wholesale teams to create a balanced assortment in terms of brand appropriateness, fashion vision, quality, fit, value, price point, style/SKU count and key item depth.
• Partner with VP of Merchandising on creating and maintaining the Product Roadmap to help focus all cross-functional teams on product priorities and story-telling initiatives for the brand
• Partner with planning on managing the Open To Buy, taking action as necessary; recommending changes to reorders, pricing strategies, and markdowns.
• Analyze and report on product specific KPIs (e.g., sales, margin, inventory turn)
• Lead weekly divisional selling meetings with Planning partners and own recommendations and action items with CFT to drive the business forward
• Identify business opportunities to optimize onsite experience of product categories, partner with Site team to execute real-time Site Merchandising and/or PLP, PDP updates.
• Develop long-range product development plans for assigned category based on sound knowledge of category, company growth expectations and strategic goals.
• Develop assortments, and stay on top of current and emerging trends by performing market competitive analysis and finding inspiration from style and design sources
• Oversee Buying team's creation and management of systemic buys
• Take lead role in cross-functional Milestone meetings (Hindsight, Budget & Strategy, Investment Reviews etc.), presenting in-depth analysis of total division; must be able to support and validate point of view with facts and analysis
• Strong participation in meetings with ELT and Leadership teams, ensuring that product strategy is understood and supported by all functions of the business
• Assist in management of PLC and ensure that team is on track to hit all deliverables
• Create and drive product testing strategies to read & react within the Ecom business but also to make recommendations to help grow other channels of distribution

People Management

• Responsible for growth and development of team of 1 junior buyer
• Monitor development and performance of direct reports through regular meetings to discuss performance and development compared to goals; maintain a dialogue regarding their needs and concerns to aid in future development and increase retention.

Cross-Functional & External Partnerships

• Communicate with design and merchandising on best/worst sellers and whitespace opportunities within Ecommerce to thoughtfully differentiate the channel
• Collaborate with E-commerce content and marketing teams to ensure that merchandising objectives are supported and aligned with site content and marketing strategies.
• Partner with planning to develop effective class plans and pricing strategies
• Inspire cross-functional partners to act in support of product strategy
• Collaborate with cross-divisional counterparts to establish the campaign and launch calendar by season
• Collaborate with key cross functional partners to drive strategic seasonal business initiatives and product priorities through campaign planning, execution of category level initiatives and in-season optimization

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum of 8 - 10 years retail buying experience with 2 - 4 years of direct e-Commerce experience.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Strong presenter with the ability to execute e-commerce strategic initiatives.
• Must be highly organized & possess strong analytical skills.
• Possesses the ability to think outside of the box and innovate to solve complex problems.
• Strong computer skills: Word, Excel, Google Sheets
• Flexible to deadline demands, ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication skills
• Must be self-motivated
• Ability to multi-task and handle several projects at a time
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Excellent project management skills
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills; act as a leader amongst peers
• Ability to work in a team-based environment

Salary Range: $135,000 - $145,000

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