Buyer

My Melrose; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision

Employee Assistance Program

Life Insurance

Employee Discount

Paid Time Off

401(k) Plan with company match

Bonus Potential

Job summary

Paycom - ATS in San Antonio, TX is seeking an experienced Women’s Shoe Buyer for a specialty retailer. You will plan ranges, monitor trends, manage budgets, and collaborate with marketing to present compelling in-store promotions.

Travel to markets, negotiate with vendors, and work with allocators to distribute products to stores. Requires 5+ years in this role and a four-year college degree, with strong Excel/Word skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as Women's Shoe Buyer for a specialty retailer.
• Must be current in fashion trends.
• Strong negotiating skills and ability to maintain vendor relations.
• Self-motivated, proactive, team player.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with an entrepreneurial spirit.

Responsibilities

• Plan and select range, type, and quantity of products based on demand, trends, policy, and budget.
• Implement merchandising strategies to achieve sales and profit goals.
• Travel to market to buy current season footwear within price, quality, and target customer guidelines.
• Negotiate prices, deliveries and terms with vendors while maintaining strong relationships.
• Collaborate with Allocators to distribute products to stores and participate in promotions.
• Write reports and sales forecasts and analyze sales figures.

Skills

Negotiation

Fashion trends

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Self-motivated

Team player

Entrepreneurial spirit

Education

Four-year college degree

Tools

Excel

Word

Job description

Job Location: HQ - San Antonio, TX 78218, Position Type: Full Time, POSITION SUMMARY: Responsible for achieving sales, margin $, margin %, and turnover plans for assigned departments. Interfaces with and provides merchandising strategies and details to planning and allocation to assure timely deliveries of the desired product mix. Works closely with marketing to create and implement proper in-store presentation and promotion.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Travels to market as necessary to buy current season, fashionable footwear within acceptable price, quality, and target customer guidelines.
• Negotiates best prices, deliveries and terms while maintaining solid relationships with vendors.
• Stays within open-to-buy dollar limits when purchasing merchandise.
• Works closely with vendors and GMM to resolve changes and problems.
• Stays alert to market trends, competitor strategies, activities, and vendor activities, analyzing consumer buying patterns and predicting future trends
• Prepares merchandise presentations for scheduled meetings
• Plan and select the range, type and quantity of products according to: customer demand (e.g. price, quality and availability) - trends - policy – budget
• Implement merchandising strategies, thereby achieving sales and profit goals
• Source new and review existing merchandise to ensure products remain competitive by fully understanding customer needs
• Work with Allocators to distribute desired product to stores.
• Participating in promotional activities
• Writing reports and sales forecasts, and analyzing sales figures

Qualifications:

• 5 years or more as the Women's Shoe Buyer for a Specialty Retailer with emphasis on fashion and price.
• Must have currently held that position and be up to date on fashion trends.
• Good eye for fashion and knows how to develop and maximize a trend.
• Strong negotiating skills and the ability to also maintain good vendor relations.
• Self-confident, highly motivated and maintains a high level of personal organization and development.
• Proactive, self-starter who is forward thinking and a team player.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, a solid entrepreneurial spirit and drive, and the passionate ability to thrive and succeed in a fast-paced, high-energy environment.
• Possesses strong analytical skills and problems solving ability.

EDUCATION: Four-year college degree in a related field is preferred. P.C. literacy required with excel spreadsheet and word experience very important.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Life Insurance
• Employee Discount
• Paid Time Off
• 401(k) Plan with company match
• Bonus Potential

Travel is required.

Relocation to San Antonio area is required.

Salary: Dependent on experience.