Buyer - Furniture

NFM; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 67,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Same day pay

Competitive pay raises

Inclusive culture

Health insurance

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Staff discount

Tuition reimbursement

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Nebraska Furniture Mart (NFM) in Omaha, NE, is seeking a Buyer to develop lineups and assortment plans, collaborating with the planning team to reflect the department’s strategic merchandise strategy.

The Buyer will price, negotiate with vendors, analyze market trends, and drive promotions to maximize profitability across categories. This full-time role offers development opportunities and a supportive, community-minded culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, management, or related field.
• 2 years buying, re-buying, or planning experience.
• Strong analytical and financial skills.
• Strong negotiating skills.
• Knowledge of MS Office applications.
• Ability to travel to all store locations on a regular basis.
• Pre-employment screening includes criminal background check.

Responsibilities

• Price accuracy aligned with pricing strategy, competitive positioning, and product differentiation.
• Collaborate with merchandise to plan department space and financials.
• Analyze competitor activity and assess product direction, pricing and promotions.
• Develop and execute competitive sales promotions by vendor and category.
• Ensure range and lineup align with market and customer expectations.
• Evaluate vendors for capabilities and compliance.
• Negotiate with vendors to maximize funding and rebates and reduce costs.

Skills

2 years buying experience

Analytical skills

Negotiation skills

MS Office proficiency

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or related field

Tools

MS Office

Excel

Job description

At Nebraska Furniture Mart (NFM), we’ve been hiring friends since 1937—people who share our passion for helping customers feel right at home. If you share our vision, we invite you to be one of us! People love working here! Named one of Furniture Today’s Best places to work, and here a few reasons why: A FUN, stable work environment, with no layoffs in our history. A safe place to work and shop, development opportunities leading you to the career of your dreams and a culture that encourages volunteering and serving our communities.

Pay Range: $66,904 - 82,961 annually (Plus Incentive)

Job Description: Your Piece of the Puzzle

Nebraska Furniture Mart’s Buyer is responsible for developing line ups, assortment plans and collaborating with the planning team to ensure the department has a range of merchandise that reflects the categories strategic plans and the overall merchandise strategy.

Job Duties: A Day in the Life

• Manage: Ensure pricing is aligned with company pricing strategy, competitive forces and product differentiation.
• Collaborate: Work with the merchandise team to build strategic plans for their department, maximize space allocation and develop merchandise financial plans.
• Analyze: Review competitor analysis and evaluate product direction, price and promotional activity.
• Develop: Create and execute a competitive sales promotion strategy by vendor and category assortment.
• Ensure: Guarantee range assortment and line up are aligned with market and customer expectations.
• Evaluate: Assess vendors in terms of their capabilities and legal compliance.
• Negotiate: Effectively negotiate with vendors, maximizing funding and rebates to minimize costs prices and increase profitability.

Your work will directly impact our ability to help people create a lifestyle they love, for the people they love—because that’s what we love.

Qualifications: Can You Check These Boxes?

• Bachelor’s degree in business, management, related field or equivalent experience
• 2 years buying, re-buying or planning experience
• Strong analytical and financial skills
• Strong negotiating skills
• Knowledge of MS Office Applications
• Ability to work nights, weekends and/or early morning hours based on business needs
• Ability to travel to all store locations on a regular basis.
• Pre-employment screening includes, but isn’t limited to, criminal background check

Benefits: What’s in It for You?

As a full-time member of our NFM Family, you will enjoy:

• Same day pay - access to your earned pay on-demand, when you need it the most
• Competitive pay - generous annual increases up to 7%
• Inclusive culture – Because everyone who works or shops at NFM should feel right at home
• Health, dental, vision, life Insurance, short and long term disability
• Paid holidays (upon hire) and paid time off (after 90 days)
• Staff discount on merchandise (Collectively, NFM staff have saved almost $2 million on purchases in the last 12 months)
• Virtual and in-person career development opportunities at all levels
• Paid community volunteer opportunities
• Tuition Reimbursement
• You’ll start saving for your retirement immediately in NFM’s 401(k) and you’re eligible for company match after one year. NFM’s 401(k) also offers Berkshire Stock as an investment option

Nebraska Furniture Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer