Buying istant Jr Buyer

What you will do:

Performance Analysis

• Assist and coordinate merchandising and promotional activities to ensure success.
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure timely and accurate new store assortments and quantities.
• Develop performance reports to determine appropriate allocation for maximum results.
• Conduct in-store stock analysis by size for key classifications, i.e., exclusive brands and other brands.
• Handle queries from suppliers and work closely with them to ensure timely submission of proposals.
• Assist in price checks and obtain samples from suppliers.
• Communicate out-of-stock concerns to the Buying and Planning teams.
• Assist in effective communication with Operations and Trading Support for promotions and trading activities.
• Manage and check POs created in SAP.

Performance and Financial Goals Achievement

• Ensure timely and accurate new store assortments as well as initial distributions and replenishment for existing locations.
• Maintain correct stock levels by store.
• Meet or exceed sales, gross margin, and inventory turn goals.
• Analyze and communicate location performance, including sales/inventory comparisons, seasonality, and marketing impacts.
• Develop departmental distribution strategies to capture location-based opportunities through volume and profit opportunities analysis.
• Follow products from receipt at the Distribution Centre to point of allocation and complete receipt at store level, especially during floor set periods.
• Generate and review a range analysis report at the end of each phase/season to share successes and learn from any mistakes.

Field Communication

• Participate in weekly cross-functional meetings to share information on current business issues.
• Develop knowledge of regional variances and store attributes and trends through data analysis and field communication.
• Develop effective field relationships to capture location opportunities and/or liabilities.