Sr Assistant Buyer

Qurate Retail Group; West Chester (Chester County); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Qurate Retail Group as a Sr Assistant Buyer and impact the buying office by executing products through the pipeline. This role involves developing negotiation skills, mastering product curation, and fostering vendor relationships, key for success in the Apparel office and beyond.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Health care benefits starting on day 1

401(k)

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Employee assistance program

Paid volunteer hours

Company discounts

Qualifications

• 2+ years buying experience.
• Strong negotiation and persuasion skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist in item creation, purchase order processes, and quality assurance.
• Establish vendor relationships and support buying objectives.
• Analyze business results and select products based on trends.

Skills

Negotiation

Data Analysis

Persuasion

Job description

The Opportunity

The Sr Assistant Buyer position is development role within our Buying career path that supports the buying office with executing products through the pipeline. You will learn and master daily office functions including but not limited to item creation, purchase order creation, quality assurance processes and inventory management.

The Sr Assistant Buyer will learn the vision of the Buyer. A successful assistant buyer will learn to analyze the business results and select products based on relevant trends and existing inventory. The Sr Assistant Buyer will learn negotiation skills and develop relationships with cross-functional departments. The Sr Assistant Buyer will become versed in the importance of vendor relationships and gain exposure to the vendor negotiation process. A strong sense of urgency, an ability to prioritize multiple tasks at once and a curiosity to learn are essential to the role.

Who We Are

As a Sr. Assistant Buyer in the Apparel office, you will have exposure supporting the largest private label brand at QVC, Denim & Co. Along with supporting designer label, Isaac Mizrahi LIVE. The role plays an integral part of the internal design, sourcing, and merchandising strategy.We are looking for another positive, hard-working team member to contribute to our team's success!

This role also supports our Countries department. In Countries, this role will interact with our Irish vendors supporting two critical events: St Patrick's Day and Rose of Trulee. As one of the largest importers of Irish made goods in the United States, this role has a truly global impact on the world stage.

Your Impact

• Learn and assist with multi-platform plans that will deliver sales, productivity, adjusted gross margin, achievement rates and inventory plans
• Learn how to curate unique products/assortments while developing storytelling that illustrates a product’s features and benefits and how it will impact the customer’s life
• Develop connections and a network with internal cross-functional partners to help deliver on buying objectives
• Establish vendor relationships and educate vendors on buying area practices and needs

What You Bring

• You are a merchant with 2+ years buying experience
• You are a data guru to support story telling and draw relevant conclusions to have positive effects on business
• You have good negotiation and persuasion skills to pitch to all levels across the organization

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If you enjoy being a part of a team, creating experiences and delighting customers, you’ll love it here. If you’re excited about retail, media, social, live streaming, technology, customer service, design and more, you’ll find amazing projects to work on. If you want to grow professionally and learn every day, you ’ ll thrive with us . If you appreciate a company committed to inclusion and belonging for all, you’ll be amazed at what’s available for our team members . We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package including competitive compensation, health care benefits starting on day 1, 401(k), paid time off, tuition reimbursement, employee assistance program, parental leave, paid volunteer hours, company discounts and much more. Best of all, working with QVC Group means friendly teams, ambitious projects and fast-moving careers!

For QVC Group, our commitment to inclusion and belonging for all is deeply rooted in Our Principles. They call on us to Drive Progress, Act With Empathy, Be Brave, Embrace the Future, and Do What’s Right so that everyone can thrive. We are committed to ensuring that our workplace provides equal employment opportunities for all team members and candidates and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. As an equal opportunity employer, QVC Group is committed to a barrier-free employment process. If you need reasonable accommodations/support throughout, please contact us at [e-mail] for assistance.

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