Director of Buying - Men's

ABOUT US

Fashion Nova is the worlds leading trendtomarket fashion and lifestyle brand with highgrowth categories across its Women Men Kids and Beauty divisions. Renowned for delivering the mostwanted styles to millions worldwide Fashion Nova earned the title of the Top 5 MostSearched Fashion Brand on Google in 2022 alongside Louis Vuitton and Nike.

Founder & CEO Richard Saghian launched the brand in 2006 from a retail location in Los Angeles. After multiple store openings Saghian launched the ecommerce website for Fashion Nova in 2013 pioneering a disruptive social commerce model of affordable ontrend sizeinclusive clothing online powered by an innovative social mediafirst marketing strategy.

Today Fashion Nova has amassed over 40 million social media followers with annual sales of approximately $2 billion!

The brands name has been featured in charttopping hit songs by Cardi B Drake 21 Savage Saweetie The Game Tyga and Offset and its styles have been worn by many celebrities artists and athletes including Meg The Stallion Ice Spice Chris Brown Floyd Mayweather Rick Ross Kourtney Kardashian and Kylie Jenner

ROLE OVERVIEW

Fashion Nova is seeking a passionate Director of Buying who has handson Buying and Product Development experience within the womens footwear category. The Category Director will be responsible for developing and executing strategies which provide the Buying Merchandise direction for his/her assigned division. The Director will focus on the overall direction market penetration assortment and vendor mix to meet the demands of our customer base for their division. They will also oversee a team of buyers.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drive Assortment Strategy:Develop and execute buying strategies to curate trenddriven product assortments that align with customer preferences and seasonal trends while achieving optimal SKU count and balancing newness vs. replenishment inventory
• Trend Forecasting:Stay ahead of fashion trends by conducting market research keeping a pulse runway trends and analyzing social media and competitors to ensure a competitive and forwardthinking product mix. Utilize research to work with inhouse production team and suppliers to drive ontrend newness
• Cost Negotiation & Margin Optimization:Lead pricing negotiations with suppliers to secure the best cost structures while maintaining product quality ensuring profitability and maximizing margins in a highly competitive market
• Financial Management:Manage weekly sales performance opentobuy budgets pricing margin targets and inventory levels ensuring alignment with sales goals and profit margins while optimizing the balance of newness and replenihand minimizing markdowns
• CrossFunctional Collaboration:Partner with production replenishment planning and creative teams to ensure timely deliveries fast replenishment of highdemand styles successful promotions to maximize sales opportunities and cohesive product launches
• DataDriven Decisions:Utilize sales performance data customer reviews and market insights to continuously optimize product assortments and increase profitability
• Lead weekly opentobuy meetings with planning and buying teams to ensure the department achieves financial targets for turn and sellthrough.
• Train develop and mentor the buying team to ensure that financial and product goals are met.
• Develop and maintain a profitable and productive partnership with vendors.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

• BFA or BA in Fashion Merchandising Business or related field preferred
• Must have 15years of Apparel Buying/Merchandising experience with 5 years min of Buying Management experience ideally within womens footwear
• Experience with product development preferred
• Must be able to adapt to constant change and multitask in a fastpaced environment
• Must be results oriented and have excellent organizational skills
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Must possess a keen eye for design trends and color
• English additional language(s) an advantage
• Schedule of this position: Monday Friday Core business hours Onsite

BENEFITS

• NEWstateoftheart HQ upcoming in 2025!
• Formalized career paths for continued professional growth
• Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Comprehensive health insurance across Medical Dental and Vision
• 401k match with immediate vesting upon eligibility
• Weekly catered lunches & fullystock kitchen pantry!
• Opportunities to travel for trade shows and vendor meetings
• Summer Fridays Early Departure
• Team bonding events and programs
• Attractive employee discounts!

Fashion Nova LLC and subsidiaries thereof is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are steadfast in our commitment to equal employment opportunities and pledge that these objectives are reflected in all aspects of our daily operations. We will continue to recruit hire train and advance in employment qualified individuals in all job titles without regard to race color national origin gender sexual orientation gender identity religion age status as a protected veteran criminal history or status as an individual with a disability; and shall not discriminate against any individual any such characteristic nor any other classification protected by local state andor federal law.

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