Buyer (Fashion Industry) Job at Connect Staffing Professional, LLC in Los Angele

Buyer (Fashion Industry)

My client is a fast-growing venture-backed fashion B2B2C business.  Their target users are fashion retailers who utilize our platform to add varieties to their style collections and truly enjoy the full benefit of drop shipping business model.

The company offers ample amount of growth opportunities for our starting team members to take over and thrive in fields they are passionate about. Our work environment encourages creativity and collaboration without expectations of assimilation.

About the Role:

You will be responsible for mapping and managing the storewide assortment and providing our users with trend-relevant American boutique-style products that have strong price value. The product categories include but are not limited to Women's clothing, kids, handbags, jewelry, shoes, and other accessories.

Experience:

• Procurement: 1 year (Preferred) Fashion buying:
• Job requirements: 2-5 years of experience working in the American boutique industry
• Experience in buying LA boutique brands such as Judy Blue, POL, Hyfve, or Haptics is a plus.
• Strong passion for fashion and trends, all while being stats-driven
• A go-getter with a positive attitude and team player, who can work independently with the ability to navigate within a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment, with a strong sense of urgency in meeting deadlines
• Ability to make creative buying decisions to meet user demand
• Outstanding writing, communication, and presentation skills; strong retail/wholesale math skills
• Proven track record of delivering KPI targets and sales growth
• Thorough understanding of fabrics and overall garment construction
• High proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
• MUST be authorized to work in the US
• The successful candidate needs to show proof of vaccination  

Job responsibilities

• Curate and execute American boutique-style merchandise assortment that aligns to user’s profile, based on selling stats and trends.
• Hit the company's revenue targets, optimize turnover rate and maximize full-price sell-through.
• Deliver weekly reports to ensure the buying activity achieves financial targets for sales, profitability, and inventory turnovers.
• Research the competitors, social media platforms, and markets to identify emerging trends, categories, and promotional campaigns.
• Bring growth by developing buying strategies with SKU count, breadth and depth, newness, and margin.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with existing vendor partners while scouting new vendors to seek new growth opportunities.
• Formulate strategies to negotiate product costs and quantity with vendors
• Track the buying orders' fulfillment process and coordinate all departments involved as needed to ensure timely delivery and accurate inventory count.
• Track and identity best and worst selling styles and brands; adapt in-season and future season strategies based on stats.
• Travel to fashion trade shows and markets as needed.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent relevant experience in merchandising, marketing or related area preferred.

What you’ll love about us

• Great company culture: huge career growth potential!
• Possibilities to work remotely, flexible working hours.
• Health insurance.
• Wardrobe Perks: employee discount and free samples.
• Company-paid in-house weekly lunch.

Salary

Full-time Pay: $50,000.00 - $64,000.00 per year