Buyer

Required Skills & Experience

• 3+ years of experience in Buying
• Experience with Kitchen (flatware, home goods, drinkware, etc.)
• Strong Excel experience (tracking, pivot tables, etc.)
• Experience working with vendors (budgeting, spend, savings, etc.)
• ability to manage junior/assistant buyers

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Experience with enterprise sales platforms (PowerBI preferred)
• Experience leading teams
• Planogram experience

Job Description

A Fortune 500 retail client in the Portland, Oregon area is seeking a Buyer to support their Kitchen merchandising team. This resource will work with planners to develop and attain budgeted sales, gross margin and market share for assigned categories. Locate and select assortment for the enterprise and manage vendor relationships to maximize sales/margin and minimize costs.

Other day to day responsibilities include:

• Supervise and coach direct reports in the performance of their duties; complete performance reviews and provide feedback to direct reports.
• Develop and communicate corporate strategic category plans with a focus on division's needs
• Maintain an awareness of current sales trends and assess impact on business needs
• Create business plan for assigned categories
• Create sales plan, display plans and ad plans customized for each division
• Maintain division-specific Enterprise Sales Planning (ESP) tools and procedures
• Review sales, profit and promotional performance by division
• Source and select new products
• Implement corporate pricing strategy; maintain competitiveness while maximizing sales and profit potential
• Manage vendor relationships for the enterprise, including negotiating vendor allowances, payment terms, in-stocks and orders
• Develop enterprise-specific selling programs for categories
• Partner with planner on financial planning, vendor financial plans and strategies
• Participate in floor planning and plan-o-gram processes
• Maintain a comprehensive awareness of industry trends, the competitive landscape across the enterprise and regional needs
• Lead/participate in store tours
• Develop advertising campaigns; select merchandise to advertise
• Work with the product development team to develop, buy and market private label products across the enterprise