Associate Buyer

About the Role

As an Associate Buyer, you will spearhead a customer-focused product merchandising strategy and drive business outcomes to achieve sub-category goals. You will take ownership of the complete execution of product vision for both National and Proprietary brands. Collaborating closely with the Design team, you will facilitate the connection between product innovation and commercialization.

What You Will Do

• Lead product strategy and make informed buying decisions for National and Proprietary brands.

• Leverage customer insights, competitive analysis, and category trends to inform the overarching assortment vision and business strategy.

• Drive innovation by harnessing consumer insights and making strategic trade-offs to optimize sub-categories and brands.

• Work together with the store experience team to create effective floor plans that support the customer-facing execution of the assortment vision.

• Formulate and execute pricing strategies in collaboration with the strategic pricing team to achieve margin objectives.

• Guide Assistant Merchants in managing pricing, strategy, product selection for Marketing, and strategy development for First Insight testing.

• Determine markdowns for events and assist Assistant Merchants in their implementation.

• Oversee and support Assistant Merchants in executing the digital experience strategy.

• Achieve KPIs including Sales performance, Merchandise Gross Margin, Turnover Performance, Customer Choice Metrics, and Change Management.

• Other tasks may be assigned as needed.

What Skills You Bring

Required

• A strong customer obsession.

• Excellent product acumen and a strategic mindset focused on curating relevant assortments and compelling product narratives.

• Meticulous attention to detail.

• A curiosity-driven approach along with flexibility and resilience.

• Exceptional communication and presentation abilities.

• Strong strategic and analytical skills to drive growth.

• Willingness to engage in Market, Localization, and Trend travel.