Women's & Kids Apparel Buyer: Strategy & Growth

Big 5 Sporting Goods; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Big 5 Sporting Goods is seeking a Buyer who will own category strategy and assortment for assigned categories, partnering with Planning & Allocation to optimize buy depth, replenishment, and inventory risk. The role focuses on delivering sales, gross margin dollars, and clean exits while maintaining a strong customer-centric assortment.

You will build customer-right assortments, manage vendor relationships, and push for value with pricing and promotions.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of progressive merchandising or buying experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in merchandising, business, finance or related field.
• Strong product curiosity and ability to evaluate value and position.
• Retail math: gross margin, sell-through, turn, and open-to-buy.
• Experience managing vendor relationships and negotiating terms.
• Proven ability to partner with Planning to drive sales and inventory efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Own category performance including sales, gross margin dollars, gross margin rate, inventory productivity, sell-through, turn, and markdowns.
• Partner with Planning & Allocation on buy depth, flow, replenishment, inventory risk, and exit strategy.
• Build customer-right assortments for assigned categories and optimize space within the Zone.
• Collaborate with Visual Merchandising, Marketing, Stores, and Ecommerce to execute on strategy and feedback.

Skills

Merchandising

Vendor management

Retail math

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Big 5 Sporting Goods is seeking a Buyer who will own category strategy and assortment for assigned categories, partnering with Planning & Allocation to optimize buy depth, replenishment, and inventory risk. The role focuses on delivering sales, gross margin dollars, and clean exits while maintaining a strong customer-centric assortment.

You will build customer-right assortments, manage vendor relationships, and push for value with pricing and promotions.