Buyer Bridal - Hybrid required

Davids Bridal•King of Prussia, PA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Buyer owns end-to-end merchandising leadership for the bridal category, translating brand and financial strategy into a differentiated, profitable assortment. The role is accountable for strategy formulation and execution, assortment architecture, line building and product development, and financial planning and analysis. It brings customers the target mix of fashion, quality, and price while achieving sales, margin, and inventory-productivity goals. The role spans six routes to market: Bricks, Ecom, Consignment/Shop-in-Shop, Store-in-Store, Marketplace, and Wholesale. Assortments are purpose-built and optimized for each channel’s economics, customer, and role. The Buyer develops category strategy and goals with the Senior Director, identifies growth opportunities, defines channel strategies, and turns market, competitive, and trend intelligence into recommendations. The role partners with Marketing and Social Media on campaign messaging, launch timing, and hero-style selection. The Buyer designs assortment plans and price-point architecture, selects and builds assortments, and partners with Product Development and Design on seasonal concepts and product. Responsibilities include curating design sketches, identifying trends and assortment gaps, negotiating supplier costs, and tailoring assortment depth, breadth, and exclusives to each channel. The role co-owns financial goals with Planning, including open-to-buy, SKU rationalization, life-cycle management, and promotional strategy. It analyzes sales, margin, sell-through, and inventory productivity; partners with Planning and Demand Planning to manage inventory across channels; and presents financial recommendations to leadership and cross-functional teams. Regular store visits are required as needed. Some travel is required, approximately one to two times per quarter, with international travel up to twice per year for the bridal buyer role.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree plus 5 or more years of related Buying experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Demonstrated command of assortment planning, product development, and open-to-buy management.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel and PowerPoint.
Ability to leverage AI tools to drive efficiency, accelerate analysis, and elevate decision-making.
Some travel required, approximately one to two times per quarter; international travel up to twice per year for the bridal buyer role.

Nice To Haves

Multi-channel or omnichannel merchandising experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop the category business strategy and goals in partnership with the Senior Director, identifying growth opportunities and creating plans to meet or exceed targets.
Define and execute strategy across Bricks, Ecom, Consignment/Shop-in-Shop, Store-in-Store, Marketplace, and Wholesale, aligning product, price, and presentation with each channel’s role and margin structure.
Translate market, competitive, and trend intelligence into data-driven recommendations for buying and cross-functional forums.
Partner with Marketing and Social Media on campaign messaging, launch timing, and hero-style selection.
Design assortment plans with intentional opening, core, and aspirational price-point architecture that maximizes coverage, coordinates merchandise types, and eliminates redundancy.
Select and build assortments that achieve the target mix of fashion, quality, and price and meet the needs and preferences of David’s Bridal customers.
Partner with Product Development and Design on seasonal concepts; review and curate design sketches based on trends, assortment gaps, and volume-driving styles; and negotiate costs with suppliers.
Tailor assortment depth, breadth, and exclusives to each channel, including channel-specific and capsule offers for Marketplace, Wholesale, and Shop-in-Shop partners.
Co-own financial goals with Planning, including open-to-buy, SKU rationalization, life-cycle management, and promotional strategy; co-lead monthly projection reviews to manage OTB and reforecast.
Conduct monthly Pareto and sell-through analysis and use findings to improve sales and margin, optimize wins, and minimize risks.
Partner with Planning and Demand Planning to drive turn and GMROI$ to benchmark through Pareto analysis, demand-driven inventory flow, in-stock optimization, and proactive life-cycle and liquidation management across all six channels.
Build and present data-backed viewpoints and financial recommendations to leadership in buying and cross-functional meetings.
Make regular store visits as needed and travel as required.