FUNCTION: Directly responsible for all facets of financial management, procurement, and assortment within assigned business category and accountable to meet or exceed business sales and margin plans.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Owns the strategic vision for the assigned business.
• Directly accountable for management of financial goals including sales, gross margin, and inventory turn.
• Develops and achieves seasonal unit plans in collaboration with Divisional Planning Manager.
• Travels to market frequently to procure merchandise, develop key items, or acquire new vendors.
• Negotiates with vendors on pricing, content of assortment, terms, vendor services, and ensures adherence to scheduled shipping windows.
• Proactively assesses merchandise mix to continually enhance assortments with relentless pursuit of emerging trends.
• Uses information obtained from weekly store visits across varied regions of the chain for future planning and current refinement of execution.
• Understands the customer and competitive demographics in each market area, and builds assortments accordingly.
• Vigilantly monitors emerging or descending trends and takes action to capitalize or react.
• Define flow, marketing, and merchandise presentation for all product lines.
• Collaborates closely with Planning and Allocation in order to ensure that merchandise distributions are executed correctly.
• Ensure value price strategy in assigned business remains competitive by frequently shopping competitors.
• Monitor and address all issues that are surfaced via Accounts Payable.
• Coaches and develops assigned assistant buyer or merchandise technician.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 4 year degree in Retail Merchandising, or Business Administration.
• Minimum of 3 years buying experience, off price experience highly preferred.
• Intermediate knowledge of Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Strong retail math skills.
• Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Frequent market travel
  
  SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITES
• Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring and training staff, planning, assigning and directing work, evaluating performance and addressing concerns of assigned assistant buyer or merchandise technician.
• Provides appropriate feedback and coaching to assigned associates in order to address performance areas in need of development and improvement. Recognizes and reinforces accomplishment.

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