Lead merchandise financial planning across multiple categories or a full division for a retail client, setting planning strategy and owning financial outcomes.
Compensation
$40 – $45 per hour (C2C)
Responsibilities
Lead strategic financial planning: Build and own long-range, annual, and seasonal plans for sales, gross margin, inventory turn, and receipts across divisions.
Act as planning SME: Define and standardize planning methods, calendars, and governance.
Drive inventory and OTB strategy: Oversee open-to-buy at the division level. Set inventory investment and flow strategies that improve turn, reduce aged inventory, and support key selling periods.
Own forecasting accuracy and in-season decisions: Lead weekly and monthly reforecasting. Build scenario and risk models, and give senior leadership clear recommendations on chase, cut, and promotional decisions.
Advise leadership: Present business reviews, plan proposals, and performance insights. Influence category strategy, pricing, and assortment investment with data-backed recommendations.
Lead the strategy and lifecycle management of assigned product categories, turning market insights into innovative, competitive, and profitable product assortments.
Compensation
Annual base salary: $92,000 to $112,000, based on experience This position is eligible for the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).
Responsibilities
Lead market research, competitive analysis, customer insights, and sales performance reviews to identify category growth opportunities.
Develop strategic assortment plans and prioritized new product pipelines aligned with customer needs, market opportunities, and business objectives.
Partner closely with Category Management and Sales to align category strategies, assortment priorities, pricing, and growth initiatives.
Evaluate product performance and profitability to identify opportunities for innovation, expansion, improvement, and rationalization.
Translate market insights and customer needs into clearly defined product concepts, requirements, and specifications.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Business, Product Development, Marketing, Design, or a related field, or equivalent experience
Assistant Buyer responsible for assortment planning, inventory flow, pricing, promotions, and cross‑functional collaboration within the men's lifestyle footwear category.
Responsibilities
Prepare hindsight analysis and support seasonal buy preparation
Assist in building assortment tools and presentations
Support line reviews and present select content
Analyze trends, risks, and opportunities within the business
Partner with Planning and Allocation on inventory flow and OTB
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree in marketing, merchandising or business related field OR equivalent retail experience
Nice to have: Previous experience as an Assistant Buyer or Buying internship
Responsible for defining and executing regional buying strategy for North America, overseeing product selection, inventory performance, and global collection alignment.
Responsibilities
Define and execute the seasonal buying strategy
Lead seasonal buying campaigns
Tailor assortments by store, market, and customer profile
Manage and challenge the regional Open-to-Buy (OTB)
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