ASSOCIATE BUYER, MEN'S FOOTWEAR AND ACCESSORIES

Through partnerships with brands such as adidas, Brandy Melville, Essentials Fear of God, our own brands, and many more, we offer a unique range of product that all youth can express themselves through. We have worked with celebrities such Emma Chamberlain, Storm Reid, Jules LeBlanc, and A$AP Rocky to curate exclusive product. Compensation: $63,563-$72,206 Responsibilities · Drive sales and margins through vendor/brand communication, internal design/productdevelopment and presenting new strategies and opportunities.· Identify key trends, brands and influencers in the market place for our target customer andeffectively translating those trends or introducing those brands to our stores & website.· Develop seasonal merchandising strategies· Communicate departmental seasonal strategies to management, cross functional teams and keybrand partners to ensure they support long term departmental goals· Rank styles based on historical and current product performance and identify redundancies in theproduct assortment· Partner with planning team to develop balanced investment and inventory strategies· Make recommendations for in season strategy, pricing and promotional changes as needed andcommunicate to cross functional team on a timely basis· SMU development with brand and mart vendors· Prepare for business review meetings, strategy meetings and projects with leadership team· Perform other related duties as assigned Qualifications Education/Experience Required: The individual must possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities and be able to explain anddemonstrate that he or she can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonableaccommodation, using some other combination of skills and abilities: · Minimum of two years’ experience in buying office as an Assistant Buyer (Footwear or Accessoriesexperience preferred)· Excellent knowledge of Word, familiar with Island Pacific and comfortable with Excel and Lotus.· Must have strong communication skills, providing direction to private label, design and productdevelopment team and brands.· Ability to move and react quickly to sell-through reports, working on both chase and pre-bookcalendars· Must be task driven and pro-active when it comes to executing tasks· Must be numerically strong and understand the relation of sales and inventory; perform analysisand derive trend/risk opportunities and must be proactive in identifying risks and opportunities. Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that are required by an associate tosuccessfully perform the essential functions of this job. Other Considerations:Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities,duties or responsibilities that are required of the associate for this job.