Associate Retail Buyer – Dkny Spain

About G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. | www.g-iii.com

G-III excels at bringing excitement and confidence to customers through the fashion we create. We are global experts in design, sourcing, manufacturing, distribution and marketing, which enables us to fuel the growth of a substantial portfolio of brands. With more than 30 licensed and owned brands, including some of the most sought-after names in global fashion, our success is driven by our team’s entrepreneurial spirit and our deep relationships across the industry.

G-III’s owned brands include DKNY, Karl Lagerfeld Paris, Donna Karan, Vilebrequin, Sonia Rykiel, G.H. Bass, Bass Outdoor, Andrew Marc, Eliza J., GIII Sports and more. G-III has fashion licenses under the Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Cole Haan, Dockers, Guess?, Kenneth Cole, Levi’s, Vince Camuto, Margaritaville and more. G-III also operates retail stores for the DKNY, Karl Lagerfeld Paris and Donna Karan brands.

Success Profile:

The Associate Buyer will be responsible for delivering sales & profit to targets for an international account across all channels of business.

Reporting to: Head of DKNY Portugal & Spain

Brand/Product Focus: DKNY

Location (On-Site): New York City, Midtown Manhattan – Fashion District

Key Accountabilities:

· Ability to develop and drive strategies. Analyze LY data and current market trend to support strategy development. Be the leader in market prep to deliver goals for on time delivery.

· Understands market trends including pricing, style and key messaging and uses knowledge to make sound recommendations.

· Partner to execute buy process from concept to completion, including partnership in product development, implementation of merchandising strategies and financial planning of sales and inventory.

· Influence category assortments by analyzing product performance, customer feedback, consumer trend, competitive landscape and local market knowledge to global trend and design.

· Manage OTB process to meet financial targets at the sku level for sales, inventory, and gross margin. Manage all buying files, markdowns, financial plan documents for accuracy.

· Work closely with NYO, Milan & Spanish team to deliver results

· Continuously analyze and reforecast business and implement strategies to ensure plan is achieved, including adjusting product flow and inventory management to achieve growth and profitability.

· Solicit qualitative feedback from field team on product, customers, store environments & competition.

· Develops visual plans for all channels to communicate big ideas, key investments, strategies and special needs for full price & sale events.

· Exhibits leadership capability and can motivate and mentor team members at different levels.

Education and Experience:

· 4-6 years related merchandising and/or buying experience specifically in Apparel and/or Accessories product management

· Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Fashion Merchandising

· Demonstrated leadership and management experience- Relationship builder

· Strong analytic skills and financial analysis capability

· Strong written and verbal communication skills

· A demonstrated sense of design & merchandising skills

· Detail oriented, organized, ability to multi-task

· Ability to present and recommend strategies and build a business case

· Team player with a focus on collaboration

· Highly skilled in Excel and proficient learner of planning and buying systems- pivot, v look up, workbook.

· Spanish is an asset.

The pay range for this position is: $65,000 to $80,000

• Please note that the foregoing compensation information is a good-faith assessment associated with this position only and is provided pursuant to the New York City Salary Transparency Law.