Senior Buyer - Men's
Senior Buyer - Men's
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ABOUT US
Fashion Novais the worlds leading trend-to-market fashion and lifestyle brand with high-growth categories across its Women Men Kids and Beauty divisions. Renowned for delivering the most-wanted styles to millions worldwideFashion Novaearned the title of the Top 5 Most-Searched 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 e-commerce website forFashion Nova in 2013 pioneering a disruptive social commerce model of affordable on-trend size-inclusive clothing online powered by an innovative social media-first 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 chart-topping 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
Under the guidance of the Category Director you as a Senior Buyer on the Mens team will work to create the appropriate merchandise mix for our Graphic Tops category based on emerging trends and manage the assortment strategies established by your team leaders. You will also be responsible for managing your category product assortment and delivering on financial targets. Your role is essential to ensuring Fashion Nova has the best product offerings for our customers.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Drive Assortment Strategy:Develop and execute buying strategies to curate trend-driven 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 forward-thinking product mix. Utilize research to work with in-house production team and suppliers to drive on-trend 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 open-to-buy budgets pricing margin targets and inventory levels ensuring alignment with sales goals and profit margins while optimizing the balance of newness and replenishment and minimizing markdowns
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with production replenishment planning and creative teams to ensure timely deliveries fast replenishment of high-demand styles successful promotions to maximize sales opportunities andcohesive product launches
- Data-Driven Decisions: Utilize sales performance data customer reviews and market insights to continuously optimize product assortments and increase profitability
ROLE REQUIREMENTS
- 7 years of experience in Buying for apparel ideally within an eCommerce fashion brand
- Strong understanding of current and emerging fashion trends with a deep passion for the fashion industry
- Experience working with vendors and negotiating product quality costs and delivery dates with vendors
- Excellent prioritization project management organization skills and attention to detail in addition to strong analytical skills to support data-driven decisions
- Proficiency in Excel PowerPoint and Google Workspace
- Bachelors Degree in Fashion Production Design or related field or equivalent work experience
- English additional language(s) an advantage
- Schedule of this position: Monday Friday Core business hours Onsite
BENEFITS
- Formalized career paths for continued professional growth
- Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Comprehensive health insurance across MedicalDental and Vision
- 401k match with immediate vesting upon eligibility
- Weekly catered lunches & fully-stock 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.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
