Posted 34 months ago

Buyer - Music Apparel

BoxLunch HQ - City of Industry, CAHybridFull-time

AI Summary

A goal-oriented, entrepreneurial Buyer leads a team to research trends, plan categories seasonally, and partner with marketing and merchandising to meet sales, margin, and project objectives.

About this role

We are on the search for a Buyer who is goal-oriented and highly entrepreneurial to join our fun and exciting team! This person will lead the assigned team in recognizing current trends and developing corresponding initiatives to fulfill these demands and meet business objectives. You'll do trend research, plan out categories seasonally, and partner with marketing, merchandise planning and allocation to ensure the success of each category you touch.

This role operates on a hybrid schedule and will require to work from our HQ located in the City of Industry, CA, three days a week.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Achieves sales and margin objectives for seasonal buying plans.

Strategically selects and purchases product from vendor lines to augment planned assortments based on trend data

Partners with Product Development team to develop product including sourcing and monitoring delivery of product and quality control

Reaches overall team project financial objectives as defined by DMM or GMM

Develops market analyses and business strategies to outline strengths, weaknesses, new opportunities and threats in the fashion market; evaluates the market continuously to revise the strategies

Strategically selects and purchases product from vendor lines to augment planned assortments based on trend data

Partners with Product Development team to develop product including sourcing and monitoring delivery of product and quality control

Analyzes and negotiates proposals for product based on trend, price, delivery time, and quality to select the most appropriate vendors

Partners with Planning and Allocation teams to ensure the development of appropriate assortment plans

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

Associates or Bachelor’s degree

3-5 years of progressive experience as a Buyer

A proven track record developing and building a fashion apparel business, including developing and maintaining strong vendor relationships

Understanding of Licensee partnerships

Experience in developing, preparing, and implementing tactical plans in support of strategic company goals.

Skills

Assortment PlanningCategory ManagementLicensee PartnershipsMarket AnalysisProduct Lifecycle ManagementQuality ControlSeasonal PlanningSourcingTrend ResearchVendor Negotiation