Buyer - Kid's Jobs

Company Description

Headquartered in Southern California, Skechers has spent 30 years helping men, women and kids everywhere look and feel good. Developing comfort technologies is at the foundation of all that we do—delivering stylish, innovative, and quality products at a reasonable price. From our diverse footwear offering to a growing range of apparel and accessories, Skechers is a complete lifestyle brand.

With international business representing over half of our total sales, we have product available in more than 180 countries and significant opportunities for continued expansion worldwide. We sell our collections direct to consumers through more than 4,450 Skechers stores around the globe and Skechers e-commerce sites, as well as through a network of third-party partners.

A MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR GLOBAL LEADER IN THE FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY.

The Retail Buyer is responsible for planning and selecting a range of products to sell in our retail stores and on our website. Buyers source new products and review existing items to ensure a proper product mix and balanced inventory flow. Buyers must adhere to assigned financial targets and “open to buy” plans, and they must consider critical factors when making purchasing decisions. These factors include customer demands, market trends, competitive analysis, product availability, product flow, and pricing strategy. This position works closely with the Web team, Planning, Allocations, Visual Merchandising, Marketing and Store Operations and must partner with the planner to optimize assortments by store channel.

Essential Job Results

• Serve as an expert by using historical data to build the right assortment for specific categories and geographical locations in support of the category/brand vision
• Efficiently achieve sales and profit targets by consistently reviewing and appropriately editing product lines, ensuring there is a balanced SKU assortment in style, pattern, color, and size.
• Plan initial Pre-Distribution when placing quarterly buys and review again 30 days prior to arrival.
• Work in tandem with planners, analyzing past sales figures and current trends to anticipate future product needs and devise a merchandise
• Propose strategic markdowns by gender, category, and channel type
• Ability to recognize current and future trends and react and adjust buys accordingly.
• Define seasonal, annual, and multi-year strategies to identify future opportunities and trend
• Ensure proper gender/category balancing in all stores through the use of sales and inventory reports
• Update Bulk inventory for top performing and out of stock product
• Review web selling and product placement on the website to ensure our bulks can support online sales. Partner with Web team to achieve sales goals.
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of retail math and key metrics to measure and drive assortment planning
• Deliver results for each gender/category performance based on strategic goals and budget expectations
• Must possess strong communication and presentation skills and must have the ability to effectively articulate their point of view and support decisions with fact-based details.
• Must possess strong analytical and advanced Excel skills.
• Liaising with planners to ensure the product offered is right for our customers and supports our business objectives
• Prepare sales plans by style on a monthly basis to ensure appropriate inventory levels to support the business.
• Buy specific SKU counts and quantities of inventory for each channel type (Concept, Outlet, Big Box store types) throughout the season

Supervisory Responsibilities

• No

Qualifications

JOB REQUIREMENTS-

• Superior communication skills; able to communicate persuasively, influentially, and responsibly across a broad spectrum of stakeholders
• Must be driven to excel and succeed, taking full ownership for his or her success
• Excels in team-environments and in building and developing strong interpersonal relationships, while maintaining an individual determination to accomplish goals
• Must have aptitude with numbers and clear understanding of retail math skills
• Strong organizational skills with ability to manage multiple projects, prioritize and meet deadlines
• Required travel: 20-30%
• Must have 3-5 years of experience in buying with a medium to large size retailer
• Computer proficiency with advanced knowledge of Excel (pivot tables, v-lookups, etc.)
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The salary range for this position is $85,000-$100,000 year

Benefits

• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Savings Account (FSA) offerings.
• Employee product discount of 50%; employee sample sales and family and friends discount throughout the year.
• Paid vacation, sick, personal and holiday time.
• Extensive medical, dental, and vision plans with multiple carries, including EPO,HPN and PPO plans.
• Short term & long term disability and life insurance at no cost to the employee.
• Employee stock purchase program
• Pet Insurance available.
• Skechers Company Culture and growth strategy is deeply infused with internal career growth and opportunities for learning.
• Onsite wellness programs at company headquarters including fitness classes, acupuncture, and chiropractor.
• Competitive 401k plan and employer matching.
• Paid Parental Leave: including time for fathers and adopting parents.