Job title: Buyer – Tabletop, Impulse, & Confection

Company: Hudson’s Bay

Job description: job description

Day in the Life:

The Buyer is responsible for developing and executing merchandise strategies to deliver sales and gross margin goals through focused merchandise assortments, marketing and pricing strategies, and merchandise management. This position ensures merchandise is purchased to maximize results while enhancing the overall department and company strategy. This position works closely with the management team and merchandise planning teams to significantly improve the profitability and maximize shareholder value.

What You Will Do:

• Execute vendor selection, develops strong vendor relationships, monitors industry trends, evaluates competition, and attend major markets
• Executes the merchandise strategy, completes top level seasonal buys to ensure optimal productivity by style, and reacts to trends in-season
• Understand nuances of the .com business and executes appropriate merchandising strategy for differing retail channels
• Partners with Planner to develop the assortment matrix
• Works with Planning team to analyze class, vendor and replenishment assortment both at the top line level and by door
• Manages on going OTB process forecasting sales, markdowns, profit and inventory to plan. Negotiates and partners with vendors to maintain gross margin profitability
• Manages the negotiation and collection of vendor allowance and advertising co-op
• Monitors inventory productivity
• Develops and executes aged inventory exit strategies
• Executes the monthly stock ledger review, and directs the purchase journal review process
• Plans and approves all advertising, promotional strategies and marketing. Monitors style advertising effectiveness
• Partners with and supports visual team in providing in-store signage and store presentation guidance

What You Will Need:

• Must have 3-5 years of experience in a buying capacity, overseeing both the creative and financial aspects of merchandising
• BFA or BA in Fashion Merchandising, Business, or related field preferred
• You get things done by engaging in high level teamwork and flexing your interpersonal skills
• You are a respected and proven thought leader with a quantifiable track record of success in delivering results within a large complex organization.
• A natural problem-solver, who is also intuitively analytical and creative

What You Can Expect:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Associate discount up to 40% including top brands
• Flexible work environment that allows for work-life balance

About The Bay:

The digital-first transformation of The Bay takes us to the next level, with significant focus on technology investment and innovation – including the creation of Technology Hubs, increased fulfillment capabilities, expanded marketing and extended vendor partnerships for a highly-curated assortment.

Since the introduction of Marketplace in April 2021, The Bay has introduced more than 1,500 new or expanded brands and more than 25,000 new products through the new Marketplace Technology platform, and continues to grow and innovate on thebay.com – currently the 6th largest e-commerce business in Canada.

The Bay and Hudson’s Bay will work collaboratively to continue delivering an enhanced and seamless customer experience.

We are proud to share our tenured commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Learn more about our commitment at HBC Foundation & HBC Heritage.

Our Commitment to Building a Winning Culture:

As One Team we have re-established our internal behaviours and culture to ensure we all succeed. One Team provides the tools needed to shift our ways of working and creates change to become a purpose-driven, digital first business. Our 4 pillars for embracing One Team are: Always be Customer Champions, Performance and Purpose Driven, Keep it Simple & Change Agents.

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Thank you for your interest with HBC. We look forward to reviewing your application.

HBC provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, HBC complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

HBC welcomes all applicants for this position. Should you be individually selected to participate in an assessment or selection process, accommodations are available upon request in relation to the materials or processes to be used.

Expected salary:

Location: Toronto, ON

Job date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 22:25:49 GMT

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