Senior Buyer, Men's Apparel

JD Sports Canada; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

JD Sports Canada seeks a Senior Buyer for Men's Apparel to enhance its stock and product selection. This mid-senior role involves cross-functional collaboration, strategic merchandising, and a passion for men's fashion. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in retail buying, strong analytical skills, and exceptional communication abilities.

Benefits

Benefits – Includes medical, optical, and dental

Store discount – Includes staff discount, family & friends discount

Travel perks – Includes exclusive hotel deals in major cities

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a Buyer or Merchant in a multi-brand retailer.
• Experience opening new stores is preferred.
• Experience in men's fashion, footwear, and sportswear is required.

Responsibilities

• Manage category's stock levels and select new products.
• Work with cross-functional teams on assortment strategy.
• Analyze weekly, monthly, and seasonal performance to meet sales targets.

Skills

Communication

Analytical Skills

Team Collaboration

Fashion Knowledge

Detail Oriented

Tools

Excel

Job description

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JD Sports is a sports-fashion retail company with the incentive to inspire the emerging generation of globally minded consumers through a connection to the universal culture of sport, music and fashion. Established in 1981, the JD Group is a leading global omnichannel retailer of Sports, Fashion, and Outdoor brands. With our retail stores expanding and evolving all throughout Canada, The Group is continuously finding and developing talent that adds to the inclusive and diverse work culture. JD continuously and successfully sets the global standard for retail experience best through the unique delivery of the world’s most authentic brands to the market. Our commitment to showcasing brands in a premium environment and stores remain a key part of the JD strategy.

THE ROLE

Our Buying team is looking for a Senior Buyer, Men's Apparel to join our quickly growing and developing team at JD Sports! We pride ourselves on our unique product assortment and excellent products, so your main responsibilities will include managing your category's stock levels by selecting new products while reviewing the old, and identifying suitable suppliers/ manufactures. Most importantly, you will ensure that all of our stores are stocked with the perfect items for our customers by leading the men's apparel buying team through the buying strategy you execute.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Works cross-functionally with Planner, Allocator and Visual Merchandiser to set assortment, implement strategy, manage open to buy and place re-orders.
• Assortment selection, flow, life cycle and distribution across multiple channels and locations.
• Create, implement, and report on seasonal merchandising strategy.
• Works with marketing to create a product marketing plan that drives traffic and generates excitement.
• Understands how to balance the needs of the consumer, the brand, and the company.
• Actively searches for new brands and products that will protect the company’s top tier position within the marketplace.
• In partnership with the Planner, manages sell-through, markdowns, and exit channels for all product within the portfolio.
• Analyse and report on weekly, monthly, and seasonal performance.
• Meets or exceeds sales, margin, and inventory targets.

Skills/Experience/Knowledge needed:

• 4+ years of experience as a Buyer or Merchant in a multi-brand retailer.
• 2+ years of experience in retail sales.
• Experience opening new stores is preferred.
• Experience and passion for working in men’s fashion, footwear and sportswear is required.
• Exceptional communication skills: oral, visual, written.
• Experience using excel, including pivot tables.
• Must be a team player and look to work collaboratively.
• You solicit feedback from peers, management, and consumers.
• Must be organized and detail oriented

THE PERKS

• Benefits – Includes medical, optical, and dental
• Store discount – Includes staff discount, family & friends discount
• Travel perks – Includes exclusive hotel deals in major cities (Vancouver, Toronto, NYC, Los Angeles)

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Strategy/Planning and Sales

• Industries

  Retail Apparel and Fashion and Retail

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