Associate Beauty Buyer

International Shoppes•Valley Stream, NY

20d•Onsite

About The Position

International Shoppes has been delivering exceptional service and premium retail experiences to travelers since 1951. We proudly operate across some of the nation's busiest airports, including John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), Baltimore / Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), Bradley International Airport (BDL), George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), and Kahului Airport (OGG). We are committed to providing an outstanding shopping experience while representing many of the world's most recognized luxury, beauty, and lifestyle brands. Position Overview: The Associate Buyer of Beauty is responsible for providing market expertise, filtering the assortment, and establishing quantities that meet the Region's needs and financial goals within open to buy parameters. Demonstrates smart risk-taking in business and product decisions and clearly communicates and manages team to execute these decisions. Supports the Buyers by providing analysis and results for their category, recommends action against the results and follows through on executing this action. Coordinate daily activities across designated departments to facilitate responsibilities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience.
4+ years of experience in Buying Role.
Grasp and navigate a wide range of business relationships; negotiation skills.
Creative product skills and comprehensive market knowledge.
Ability to think conceptually and strategically regarding business; creative problem solver.
Strong analytical and communication skills.
Demonstrates initiative, is conscientious and provides complete follow-through on all aspects of responsibility
Ability to multitask and focus in a busy atmosphere
Comfortable with team-based work structure, ability to demonstrate flexibility
Excellent time management and communication skills
High level of proficiency in Word and Excel.

Responsibilities

PO Management and Execution
Review Brand Sell In and Write Monthly Orders with OTB
Review and introduce novelties for various in store activations
Stock Maintenance- review WOS and opportunity for clean up
Duty Paid Allocation management and execution
Splits/Duty Paid Transfers
Work with store teams to determine needs of business
Negotiate vendor returns and destructions
Review and Implement Vendor Funded Promotions
Quarterly Store Walkthrough /Attend Vendor Walkthroughs
Various Ad – Hoc Reporting
Identify product opportunities and trends which will impact the business and provide results
Liaise with visual team to ensure that all products are properly on sales floor for optimization
Manage product selection and assortment during market
Analyze sales trends, key items, vendor profitability and aged inventory as well as making recommendations for driving improved performance
Writing orders, changes, cancellations and necessary follow-up (both internally and externally) to ensure key shipments are delivered and processed.
Monitoring of merchandise reports, Open-to-Buy monitoring, stock analysis and other ad hoc analyses.
Manage product set up and maintenance.
Ensure all markdowns and store promotions are entered and set up properly in system
Establish and maintain relationships with outside vendors to stay abreast and informed of supply issues, new products, lead times and reliability
Pull relevant sales, margin and price point reporting and make recommendations based on results to improve business portfolio.
Performs other duties as determined by management but not limited to the above-mentioned responsibilities.