Senior Buyer / Merchant Jobs

VICI is an e-commerce company that sells quality, affordable, on-trend clothing for the contemporary woman. Established in 2012, VICI has experienced over 200% growth in the past two years from 50 to over 250 employees. The VICI brand has a strong e-commerce presence and sells 90% of its product online.

VICI’s brand was created based on trends the founders saw after the 2009 recession. Consumers were becoming cautious about spending, yet women’s desire for affordable fashion remained. What sets VICI apart is an unwavering commitment to customer service and a zeal for social media marketing.

Summary/Objective:

The Senior Buyer is responsible for developing, executing, and communicating an Assortment Architecture that speak to the Vici customer through relevant trends and exceptional price value. This role is integral to driving sales and profit plan and requires a highly collaborative individual who thrives on agility in a cross-functional role.

Essential Functions:

• Drive Vendor Negotiations across product quality, purchase quantity, landed cost, and delivery (and RTV’s)
• Deliver to OTB goals- sales, inventory, cost, sku and margin objectives
• Build and maintain strong vendor relationships; actively source new vendors to keep assortments innovative and on trend
• Partner with Site Merchandising to determine featured categories and products to support sales and inventory initiatives
• Have expert knowledge on the VICI customer and competitor activities; maintains a strong pulse on current trends and the fashion zeitgeist
• Develop and execute a merchandise assortment plan that supports the financial, merchandising, and marketing objectives for seasonal product concepts, key items, promotional strategies and assortments mix
• Set product and category level pricing recommendations and strategies to align with financial plans
• Hindsight performance post-season to identify hits and misses and build future season strategy
• Travel as needed
• Analyze and manage in season performance keeping a pulse on customers’ needs and emerging trends; utilizes learnings to inform in-season and future season actions, strategies, assortments and chase
• Drives business recaps, performance and forward-looking action plans. Review weekly sales performance to identify potential reorders and recommend styles for markdowns
• Lead and Develop junior buying team members, effectively communicating priorities and ensuring workflow management delivers to deadlines
• The Senior Buyer will be responsible for a commercially sound product strategy and assortment plan that will be representative of the Vici Customer tastes and needs

Competencies:

• Knowledge of standard applications (Slack, Office365, Chrome, etc.)
• Strong analytical skills; demonstrated proficiency working with large data sets
• High taste level, with broad market and fashion knowledge, ability to translate trends into commercially viable revenue streams
• Demonstrates a high degree of personal and professional integrity
• Skilled at communicating clearly both verbally and in writing
• Passion for and understanding of the Vici customer and how to best serve her
• Must have advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Excellent problem-solving skills; willingness to think out-of-the-box to resolve issues
• Ability to work collaboratively across different groups to advance company objectives
• Excellent analytical, time management and organization skills; meticulous attention to detail
• Deep experience in women’s apparel, with a proven track record of delivery to company KPI’s
• Demonstrated knowledge and proficiency with Microsoft Office, Mac and Google products
• Thrives working in a fast-paced agile environment with shifting priorities
• Ability to read, write, speak and understand the English language fluently, and communicate verbally and in writing at a professional level

Work Environment:

• Works in an indoor office/home office environment, temperature controlled
• Sit for long periods, standing and walking intermittently
• Use office equipment such as computer, mouse, keyboard, printer

Education and Experience:

• Previous management of an assistant or associate
• Bachelor’s Degree in related field (or equivalent work experience)
• 7+years prior experience in retail/ecommerce merchandising and buying

Expected Hours of Work:

• This is a full-time position

An estimated compensation range for this position in the Bay Area is: $100k-$125K. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.

VICI is committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, and industry. That is why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of the best and brightest from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. VICI is an equal opportunity employer and dedicated to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy status, veteran status, or disability status. We believe that a variety of perspectives will make our teams and business stronger.