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Merchandising and Buying Assistant

tory-burch

Found 1 month ago

Location

Milano, Italy

Time

Full-time

Work Mode

Not disclosed

Salary

Not disclosed

Visa Help

Not disclosed

Last Verified

1 month ago

Skills & Qualifications

Technical Skills

Outlook
Excel
PowerPoint
Word
retail math

Soft Skills

Adaptable
Entrepreneurial
Collaborative
Client & Brand Focused
Live the Values
Functional Expertise

Job Description

This role will support the buying and merchandising processes, helping to curate and manage an exclusive product assortment that reflects our brand's high standards and exceptional customer experience. As a Junior Buyer, you will work closely with the buying team to ensure that the right products are purchased, tracked, and delivered to our retail stores and omni-buying channels.

Requirements

Support the buying team to ensure that the right products are purchased, tracked, and delivered to our retail stores and omni-buying channels.
Participate in the building of assortments during market and create buying strategies down to classification level.
Think strategically about SKU productivity and in store presentations while assorting the line.
Gain a strong understanding of the Tory Burch customer: visit stores bi-weekly, review product performance, and communicate learnings back to team.
Competitive knowledge: competitive shop , read relevant publications to keep on top of trends.
Maintain working knowledge of Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc .
Maintain buy plans to ensure accuracy, act as the point person for the rest of the team.
Execute and initiate on in season strategies as determined by buying team.
Markdown management – pricing and store communication.
Respond to store requests and inquiries in a timely manner .
Review historical performance at the category and key item level on weekly basis.
Partner with planning and senior buyer on the determination of receipt plans, margin/IMU targets, and product flow.
Build cross-functional team relationships; adopt a collaborative style.
Recommend, support, and implement process and procedural improvements into daily responsibilities.
Partner with Planning and Allocation on the following processes: assortment planning, OTB, in season strategies and allocations to maximize inventory performance
Work cross functionally with Stores, Marketing, PR, EComm , Visual and Retail Operations, to ensure they have the tools to understand and support the assortment strategy.
Partner with merchandising team to insure balanced assortment and share product feedback.
Support with preparation of reports and pull data necessary to recap business and propose actions to drive sales.
Maintain accurate in warehouse dates and communicate any delays in new deliveries.
Understanding of retail math and participate in open to buy forecasting process with planning.

Product

Product Management

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