Buyer Beauty

## Company presentation At every touchpoint, customers discover stylish merchandise at incredible value from an extensive portfolio of private, exclusive and national brands. Reinforcing this shopping experience is the customer service and warrior spirit of approximately 98,000 associates across the globe, all driving toward the Company's mission to help customers find what they love for less time, money and effort. Working at JCPenney means joining a dedicated team of associates who are encouraged to be uniquely themselves in a safe, caring and welcoming environment. The Buyer - Beauty plans, purchases, communicates and controls merchandising, pricing and marketing strategies for assigned lines of business as required; while maximizing sales & profits and increase market share for JCPenney Stores and JCP.com \- Develops a competitive merchandise assortment plan that is customer focused and monitors and adjusts sales plan by staying abreast of fashion/industry trends and competition \- Builds strong product assortment with suppliers, negotiates pricing and inventory in assigned categories \- Evaluate suppliers on new and existing products, including but not limited to quality, pricing, shipping time, customer demand and return on investment \- Manage the selection and bidding process of new and existing suppliers and negotiating contracts \- Integrates brand, sourcing, marketing and retail supply chain functions into the merchandising process to make business decisions \- Attends trade shows and conferences to research new industry trends and products \- Identifies items to maximize promotional and marketing strategies and determines lifecycle of each item.