Kipling Associate Buyer, Retail (Americas)

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Associate Buyer Retail (Kipling)

What will you do

A day in the life of an Associate Buyer Retail at Kipling looks a little like this.

The role supports the execution of Kiplings retail merchandising strategy across channels. It partners closely with Merchandising Planning Allocation Visual Marketing and Store Operations teams to ensure assortments are executed accurately and effectively to achieve sales inventory and profitability objectives.

The Associate Buyer plays an important role in daytoday business operations including reporting and analysis purchase order execution SKU management and sample coordination. This is an ideal opportunity for an organized individual with strong business acumen and a passion for product who can hit the ground running and collaborate effectively within a team environment.

Lets break down that day-in-the-life a bit more.

• Assist in curating a balance and compelling product assortment that is consumer centric and aligns with seasonal financial strategies to achieve financial targets.

• Conduct weekly sales analysis and seasonal hindsight analysis to identify opportunities and risks and recommend actionable strategies.

• Present in weekly business meetings seasonal hindsight meetings and final buy reviews to the leadership team.

• Manage day-to-day buying responsibilities and ensure accuracy- promotion execution purchase order creation track product deliveries for floor sets SKU maintenance and sample organization.

• Partner with crossfunctional teams to support accurate and timely execution of floor sets product launches and key initiatives.

• Immerse yourself in the Kipling brand product assortment customer and store environment.

• Collaborate closely with Merchandising Planning Allocation Visual Marketing and Store Operations to bring assortments to life.

• Utilize buying assortment tools to ensure a balanced assortment strategy optimizing SKU count and maximizing productivity.

• Partner with Planning to support sales forecasting inventory modeling and trend analysis.

• Create analysis to measure promotional performance and analyze consumer purchasing behaviors by region.

• Learn and utilize buying systems and tools to support daily business needs.

• Build strong relationships with store teams and crossfunctional partners to support seamless execution.

What do you need to succeed

We all have unique skills that we bring to work and celebrate every day. For this role there are foundation skills youll need to succeed and excel. Additionally while formal education like a bachelors degree from a fouryear college or university is great to have we are most interested in your 2 years of associate retail buying or associate merchandising and professional achievements

The foundation skills you will need in this position are:

• Strong knowledge of retail math

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required; Power BI a plus

• Selfstarter who is proactive organized and comfortable in managing up

• Strong team player with a handson solutionoriented mindset and a growth mindset

• Detaildriven with strong analytical and problemsolving skills

• Comfortable juggling multiple projects with competing priorities

Now WE have a question for YOU.

Are you in

Hiring Range:

Incentive Potential: This position is eligible for additional compensation awards that may include an annual incentive plan sales incentive orcommissionpotential. Specific details of the additional compensation eligibility for this position will be provided during the recruiting and interview process.

Benefits at VF Corporation: You can review a general overview of each benefit program offered including this years medical plan rates on and by clicking Looking to Join VF Detailed information on your benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

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