sr Buyer

## 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. The Sr. Buyer 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 \- Responsible for the achievement of sales and profit plans for their collective categories \- Develops and recommends assortment plans by channel \- Recommends assortment plan roll-ups for key items, brands, big ideas/trends, attributes, wedge, choice counts and fixtures \- Creates botto-ms-up plan by channel and category and reconciles with financial targets \- 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 opportunities as new ingredients, stories and brands enter the market place \- Validates, optimizes and manages a balanced pyramid for their business \- Ensures marketing is accurate in ad tracker and store counts are available to support, partners with marketing on category integration \- Leads and directs in-season reaction to business \- Provides strong, steady leadership and communication to teams \- Develops, coaches and mentors team \- Supports and drives a culture of inclusion and diversity