Assistant Buyer

CosmoProf•Plano, TX

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (SBH) is a leader in professional hair color, selling and distributing professional beauty supplies across 11 countries through its Sally Beauty and Beauty Systems Group businesses. Sally Beauty offers products for hair color, hair care, nails, and skin care to retail customers. Beauty Systems Group sells professionally branded products intended for use and resale by salons to retail consumers. This position is hybrid, reporting into the support center at Legacy West in Plano, Texas. The Assistant Buyer is responsible for supporting the Buyer with the day-to-day management and development of business processes to maximize sales and gross margin objectives, while managing inventory objectives for specific brands. They will develop strategic objectives to ensure long-term sustained growth.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent experience
2-4 years purchasing or merchandising experience in related field.
Strong analytical and organizational skills combined with high creative potential
Ability to multi-task with accuracy
Leadership qualities and work ethics that dictate the standards for the department
Ability to communicate with and influence all levels of staff
Strong negotiation skills

Nice To Haves

Category management experience in related field preferred.
Consumer goods and services preferred
Proven track record of growing categories or leading category growth
Beauty experience a plus
JDA a plus

Responsibilities

Supports the Buyer with the assortment strategy for the assigned category.
Supports the Buyer to work collaboratively with vendor and brand partners to maximize first-to-market approach of on-trend products, promotional and pricing strategy for the assigned category placement.
Supports the Buyer with partnering with pricing and promotional team to ensure optimal performance against sales and margin.
Supports the Buyer with working collaboratively with the marketing and operations team to ensure a ‘customer first’ approach to the product strategy.
Supports the Buyer to work collaboratively with the planning and allocation team to ensure ideal inventory levels.
Supports the Buyer with presentation prep to all levels of leadership.
Contributes with analyzing and drawing conclusions from multiple resources so as to provide a concise, logical merchandising focus.
Supports Buyer with identifying and promoting new products and trends in a timely manner to maximize sales potential.
Identifies and devises profitable exit strategies, including vendor participation, of slow-selling items, discontinued items, package changes and poor promotional sell-through.
Supports Buyer with vendor partnerships and negotiations so as to reduce costs, increase margin, special terms, discounts, allowances and payment dating in all appropriate opportunities.
Contributes with developing category expertise through competitive analysis and supports Buyer by attending vendor meetings and tradeshow presentations to identify sales opportunities through new products, trends and competitive strategies.