Buyer - Children's Apparel

JCPenney Company, Inc. The Buyer – (Children's Apparel) 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 Primary Responsibilities: • Responsible for the achievement of sales and profit plans for their collective categories • Develops and recommends assortment plans by channel • Develops and makes recommendations based on category history and market share analysis • Conducts brand and market share competitive analyses, develops insights and recommends tests • Reviews and determines fixture choice counts and earned choice counts with planning and visual teams • Responsible for flagship quantification, approves digital inventory audit • Reviews fabric needs for private brands with sourcing and signs off on production • Recommends assortment plan roll-ups for key items, brands, big ideas/trends, attributes, wedge, choice counts and fixtures • Creates bottoms-up plan by channel and category and reconciles with financial targets • Validates, optimizes and manages a balanced fashion pyramid for their business • Ensures marketing is accurate in ad tracker and store counts are available to support, partners with marketing on style-outs • Leads and directs in-season reaction to business • Provides strong, steady leadership and communication to teams • Develops, coaches and mentors team At JCPenney, we share a passion for serving customers, supporting our communities and being the best retailer for all families. It’s a place that’s meant for you.