Senior Buyer

24 Seven Talent; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

24 Seven Talent seeks an experienced Senior Buyer to lead buying and merchandising strategy for a luxury, multi-brand fashion retailer. This highly visible role requires a commercially minded merchant who blends fashion sense with data-driven assortment planning, open-to-buy, and inventory management.

You will partner with retailers, e-commerce, and designers to optimize performance, margins, and sell-through across locations.

Qualifications

• Significant buying and merchandising experience within luxury fashion, designer retail, or a comparable multi-brand environment.
• Senior-level experience with responsibility extending beyond a single store, department, or category.
• Strong knowledge of luxury customers, designer brands, fashion trends, and the competitive retail landscape.
• Expertise in merchandise planning, open-to-buy management, inventory analysis, sell-through, and margin improvement.
• Proven ability to combine strong fashion instincts with financial and analytical decision-making.
• Experience developing assortments across multiple stores, customer segments, or sales channels.
• Established vendor relationships and experience negotiating with brands, designers, and showrooms.
• Strong communication, leadership, and presentation skills.
• Experience managing or mentoring junior buying talent.

Responsibilities

• Lead buying and merchandising strategy across multiple retail locations and e-commerce.
• Develop seasonal assortments that balance established customer preferences with opportunities to attract new audiences.
• Identify emerging designers, trends, categories, and new product opportunities.
• Develop seasonal buying budgets and open-to-buy strategies across brands, categories, locations, and channels.
• Analyze sales, gross margin, inventory turn, sell-through, markdowns, and product performance to guide buying decisions.
• Conduct post-buy analysis and adjust future assortments based on performance.
• Manage inventory investments while improving margin and inventory productivity.
• Lead market appointments, seasonal line reviews, order negotiations, and vendor discussions.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with designers, brands, showrooms, and vendor partners.
• Partner closely with retail, e-commerce, and other cross-functional teams to align merchandise strategy with customer demand.
• Establish disciplined buying processes, reporting standards, and performance metrics.
• Support and develop junior buying and merchandising talent.

Skills

Buying strategy

Merchandising

Open-to-buy

Vendor negotiations

Forecasting

Leadership

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Buyer to lead buying and merchandising strategy for an established luxury, multi-brand fashion retailer. This is a highly visible role for a commercially minded merchant who combines a strong fashion point of view with a data-driven approach to assortment planning and inventory management.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead buying and merchandising strategy across multiple retail locations and e-commerce.
• Develop seasonal assortments that balance established customer preferences with opportunities to attract new audiences.
• Identify emerging designers, trends, categories, and new product opportunities.
• Develop seasonal buying budgets and open-to-buy strategies across brands, categories, locations, and channels.
• Analyze sales, gross margin, inventory turn, sell-through, markdowns, and product performance to guide buying decisions.
• Conduct post-buy analysis and adjust future assortments based on performance.
• Manage inventory investments while improving margin and inventory productivity.
• Lead market appointments, seasonal line reviews, order negotiations, and vendor discussions.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with designers, brands, showrooms, and vendor partners.
• Partner closely with retail, e-commerce, and other cross-functional teams to align merchandise strategy with customer demand.
• Establish disciplined buying processes, reporting standards, and performance metrics.
• Support and develop junior buying and merchandising talent.

Qualifications

• Significant buying and merchandising experience within luxury fashion, designer retail, or a comparable multi-brand environment.
• Senior-level experience with responsibility extending beyond a single store, department, or category.
• Strong knowledge of luxury customers, designer brands, fashion trends, and the competitive retail landscape.
• Expertise in merchandise planning, open-to-buy management, inventory analysis, sell-through, and margin improvement.
• Proven ability to combine strong fashion instincts with financial and analytical decision-making.
• Experience developing assortments across multiple stores, customer segments, or sales channels.
• Established vendor relationships and experience negotiating with brands, designers, and showrooms.
• Strong communication, leadership, and presentation skills.
• Experience managing or mentoring junior buying talent.

The ideal candidate is a commercially minded luxury-fashion merchant who understands that exceptional buying requires both instinct and data. They should have a strong fashion perspective while remaining disciplined around margin, inventory exposure, and sell-through.