Sr Buyer

Columbia Sportswear; Portland (OR); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with company match

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Life Insurance

Disability

Flexible spending accounts

Health savings account

Wellness benefits

Employee discounts

Generous time off

Job summary

Columbia Sportswear Company is seeking a Sr Buyer to drive sustainable growth for North America Brand and Outlet channels. You will build strategic assortments, manage financial investments per item, and oversee in-store product execution across departments.

Role includes open-to-buy, inventory management, and price strategies to increase sales and improve gross margin, with cross-functional partnerships guiding merchandising, forecasts, and visual presentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; buying/merchandising background preferred.
• 5–8 years of buying experience, retail merchandising, merchandise planning or allocation.
• Experience managing a small team.
• Excellent Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop product assortments including style selection and product flow aligned with financial plans.
• In-season open-to-buy management, inventory management and price strategies to grow sales and gross margin.
• Lead cross-functional discussions on product needs and store execution.
• Implement visual merchandising and marketing strategies to meet sales/margin goals.
• Collaborate with Allocation to ensure timely delivery and replenishment of products.
• Partner with Planning on forecasts of sales trends and merchandise availability.
• Maintain real-time updates in project status reporting tools.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Analytical thinking

Creative problem solving

Time management

Leadership experience

Excel

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

This position is designated as a hybrid role based out of our headquarters near Portland, Oregon. The current expectation is for employees to work onsite four days per week, subject to change based on business needs. This in-office requirement may be adjusted at the discretion of the company.

ABOUT THE POSITION

The Sr Buyer is responsible for driving sustainable growth for North America Brand and Outlet channels. They build and manage strategic assortments to achieve financial key performance indicator goals. This role is responsible for all facets of buying, including the financial investments of each item, assortments by store, in-season price and inventory management, and the execution of product for their department(s). They also partner cross-functionally and influence the development of optimal assortments, top line financial plans, visual merchandising strategies, in store product execution and marketing.

HOWYOU'LLMAKE A DIFFERENCE

• Develop product assortments including style selection and product flow ensuring synergy with financial plans. Develops and presents assortments supporting overall strategy of in-stock positioning for key merchandise categories, balanced presentations, and accurate and timely receipt flow.
• Implement and complete in-season business management including open-to-buy management, inventory management, and price strategies to increase sales and improve gross margin.
• Drive cross-functional discussions with other teams regarding product needs and store execution.
• Communicate, facilitate, and execute visual merchandising and marketing strategies to meet and exceed sales and margin goals.
• Partner with Allocation team on product execution ensuring timely delivery and replenishment of all products throughout the season to maximize sales.
• Partner with Planning team on future forecasts of sales trends, merchandise availability, and other changes in the business.
• Keep project status reporting tool updated in real time.

YOU ARE

• Well-versed in interpersonal communication
• Analytical and creative, balancing both skills to create an assortment
• Able to exercise effective time management
• Resourceful, resilient, and confident

YOUHAVE

• Bachelor's degree, applicable certification or equivalent experience.
• 5-8 years of buying experience, retail merchandising, merchandise planning or allocation
• Experience managing a small team.
• Excellent Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills

Columbia Sportswear Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Columbia Sportswear is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf.

At Columbia Sportswear Company, we're proud to offer regular full-time employees a benefits package that includes a variety of services and products to help make your life and work more rewarding. Our benefit programs contribute to overall employee well-being by aligning those programs with the fundamental elements of well-being: physical, social/emotional, financial, career and community.

• Benefits that can protect your family's financial future and help you save money through our 401k plan plus a generous company match.
• Columbia offers medical, dental, vision, life Insurance, disability, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, and an assortment of voluntary benefit offerings (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and legal services).
• In addition, Columbia offers EAP + which is free and confidential 24/7/365 counseling services.
• We have extensive wellness benefits, employee discounts and a generous time off program available.