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Associate, Buyer, Retail Buying - Outlet Shoes & Ready to Wear
Tory Burch
New York, NY, United States
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About Us:
Tory Burch is an American lifestyle brand that embodies the personal style and sensibility of its Chairman, CEO and Designer, Tory Burch. The collection, known for color, print and eclectic details, includes ready-to-wear, shoes, handbags, accessories, home and beauty. Art, music, travel, interiors and the designer’s own stylish parents are inspirations for the collection.
Our company launched in February 2004 with a single boutique on what was then a remote street in downtown Manhattan. Today, we are a global brand with a presence in more than 50 countries, but in many ways we are only just beginning. There is so much we want to do!
Brand integrity, global inspiration and beautiful products are integral to who we are as a company and what we have accomplished to date. Our incredible team is an equally important part of the equation. We believe that each of our employees play a vital role in our continuing efforts to grow and evolve.
As the Associate Buyer for Retail Outlet buying, you will support and execute on the buying process for the Tory Burch stores in North America and Europe.
Responsibilities:
Leadership
• Model behavior that reflects the company values.
• Partners with others regarding decisions on assortments, business, etc, to gain support and consensus.
• Address challenges on a professional level.
• Approaches work with a positive & go-getter attitude
Product & Assortment Planning
• Builds Made-For-Outlet Shoe & RTW assortments; provide prepared ideas on editing process based off hindsight’s
• Strategically evaluate business and identify opportunities to drive the RTW & Shoe Outlet business
• Gain a strong understanding of the Tory Burch customer: visit store monthly, review new deliveries, and communicate learnings back to team.
• Competitive knowledge: competitive shop, read relevant publications to keep on top of trends.
• Maintain working knowledge of Outlook, Excel, Word, SAP and EPICOR.
• Maintain the buy plans & line sheets to ensure accuracy, act as the point person for the rest of the team.
• Drive and execute and initiate on in season strategies (markdowns, promotions, etc)
• Markdown management via pricing decision & systemic execution
• Project receipts and maintain purchase order log, communicating out delivery dates and on-order tracking
• Participate in hindsighting and line plan development.
• Respond to store requests and inquiries.
• Participate in visual process for stores.
• Review historical performance at the category and key item level.
• Partner with planning on the determination of receipt plans, margin and IMU goals, and flow strategies to drive assortment execution.
• Review with planning the analysis of business by style, delivery and category to understand prior performance and develop future goals.
• Participate in monthly OTB meeting, with receipt log and business shifts
Cross Functional Collaboration
• Build cross-functional team relationships (Planning, Merchandising, Production, Visual, Stores); adopt a collaborative style.
• Recommend, support, and implement process and procedural improvements into daily responsibilities.
• Partner with Planning and Allocation on the following processes: assortment planning, OTB, in season strategies and allocations to maximize inventory performance
• Work cross functionally with Stores, Marketing, Web, Visual and Operations, to ensure they have the tools to understand and support the assortment strategy.
• Partner with merchandising team to insure balanced Made-For-Outlet assortment and share product feedback.
Strategic Thinking and Financial Acumen
• Proficient of retail math
• Participate in open to buy forecasting process with receipt log and business shifts
• Manage purchase order process. Maintain accurate ship/cancel dates and on order spreadsheets. Partner with team to discuss any issues.
• Analyze the business weekly, recapping divisions’ business to cross-functional team and reporting out of key trends
• Knowledge of the competition and retail market
Qualifications:
• Undergraduate degree (business or fashion related discipline a plus)
• 3-5 years of retail buying experience in a luxury or service driven environment