About the Role
<p><b><b>About the Role</b></b></p><p><span>As Associate Buyer you will create and drive a customer-obsessed product merchandising vision and business strategy to meet sub-category goals. You will be accountable for the end-to-end execution of product vision for National and Proprietary brands. As a key partner to Design, you will also own and drive the intersection of product innovation and commercialization.</span></p><p></p><p><b><b>What You’ll Do</b></b></p><ul><li><p><span>Own product strategy and buying decisions for National and Proprietary brands</span></p></li><li><p><span>Incorporate customer insights, competition, category trends and hindsight to set overarching category assortment vision into business strategy</span></p></li><li><p><span>Accelerate consumer insights and drive innovation to make bold trade-offs to maximize sub-categories and brands</span></p></li><li><p><span>Partner with store experience team to ensure optimal floor plan creation that reflects customer-facing execution of assortment vision</span></p></li><li><p><span>Lead pricing strategy; partner with strategic pricing team to set pricing plans to realize margin targets</span></p></li><li><p><span>Guide Assistant Merchants in the execution and season management of pricing, strategy and product selection process for Marketing, and strategy development for First Insight testing</span></p></li><li><p><span>Identify markdowns by event and guide Assistant Merchants in the execution of markdowns</span></p></li><li><p><span>Lead and guide Assistant Merchants in the execution of digital experience strategy</span></p></li><li><p><span>Meet KPIs including Sales performance, Merchandise Gross Margin performance and Turnover Performance to Profit and Loss, Customer Choice Metric and Change Management</span></p></li><li><p><span>Additional tasks may be assigned</span></p></li></ul><p></p><p><b><b>What Skills You Have</b></b></p><p><span>Required</span></p><ul><li><p><span>Consumer obsession</span></p></li><li><p><span>Strong product acumen and strategic mindset focused on curating relevant assortments and product stories</span></p></li><li><p><span>Attention to detail</span></p></li><li><p><span>Curiosity, flexibility and resiliency</span></p></li><li><p><span>Outstanding communication and presentation skills</span></p></li><li><p><span>Excellent strategic and analytical skills to deliver growth</span></p></li><li><p><span>Market, Localization and Trend travel are required</span></p></li></ul>