Senior Buyer - Housewares

Roses Discount Stor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Roses Discount Stor is seeking a seasoned Retail Buyer to manage relationships with vendors, shape merchandise strategy, and collaborate with planners to hit sales, margin, and inventory targets. You will travel to stores and trade shows to stay ahead of customer trends and pricing structures.

The role requires strong negotiation, communication, and teamwork skills, with at least five years in retail buying and proficiency in spreadsheets and data analysis tools.

Qualifications

• Five years or more of retail buying experience.
• Excellent negotiation and marketing skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication and organization skills.
• Motivated self-starter willing to learn all merchandising aspects.
• Able to work well in a team to achieve goals.
• Proficient in spreadsheet, word processing and data analysis tools.

Responsibilities

• Fosters relationships with vendors and negotiates deals.
• Defines the merchandise strategy (close-out vs non-close-out).
• Jointly develops merchandise plans to meet sales, turn and margin goals.
• Identifies opportunities to improve sales and margin with planners and analysts.
• Collaborates with Planning, Allocation, Distribution and Transportation teams to improve processes.
• Travels to stores to understand packaging, presentation, and customer trends.
• Attends trade shows and vendor locations to source deals and expand networks.
• Trains and mentors Assistant Buyers and/or Buyers as requested.
• Performs administrative tasks as needed.
• Achieves annual sales, margin, and inventory turn targets.

Skills

Retail buying

Vendor negotiation

Merchandise planning

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Sales & margin knowledge

Presentation skills

Tools

Spreadsheet

Word processing

Data analysis tools

Job description

New York Buying Office
43 W 33rd St
Suite 505
New York, NY 10001, USA

Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Fosters relationships with vendors. Negotiates deals with vendors. In instances when purchases are not made, maintains positive vendor relationships for future opportunities.
• Defines the merchandise strategy, such as mix of close-out vs. non-closeout business.
• Jointly with the planner, develops a merchandise plan to support the strategy and achieve stated sales, turn and margin goals.
• Identifies opportunities to exploit sales and margin opportunities and partners with planner and merchandise analyst to develop execution tactics.
• Collaborates with Planning, Allocation, Distribution and Transportation Services, and Field Management to understand and improve upon internal company processes.
• Travels to stores to understand merchandise packaging and presentation requirements, customer requirements and customer trends. Shops competitor stores to assess direction of competition and understand competitive pricing structures.
• Travels to trade shows and vendor locations to develop a network of contacts, to stay informed on industry and competitor direction, and to source deals.
• Develops a collaborative team atmosphere through an open exchange of ideas and positive feedback between buyer, planner and allocation analyst team members.
• Trains and mentors Assistant Buyers and/or Buyers, as requested.
• Performs administrative tasks, as needed or requested.
• Accountabilities: Achieve annual Sales Dollar, Margin Dollar and Inventory Turn targets for assigned product areas.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• A minimum of five years of retail buying experience, preferred.
• Experience in buying complex merchandise categories and categories with large sales volumes.
• Excellent negotiation and marketing skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication and organization skills.
• Motivated and self-starter, willing to take on new challenges and learn every aspect of merchandising.
• Able to work as part of a team to achieve common goals.
• System capable in spreadsheet, word processing and data analysis tools.

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