Buyer II- QxH Loungewear & Intimates

QVC•West Chester, PA

28d•Hybrid

About The Position

Working at QVC Group means joining a live social shopping company with incredible teams, ambitious projects and amazing careers. QVC Group, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company with six leading retail brands - QVC®, HSN®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill® and Grandin Road. Your Opportunity, Your Team The Buyer II supports QVC & HSN and will drive the Loungewear & Intimate Apparel assortment for both QVC and HSN! In this role you will lead a team of merchants to support key assortment of loungewear/pajamas & intimates (brands include Barefoot Dreams, Berkshire Homewear, Breezies, Evelyn & Bobbie & more). You will manage and assort both market vendors/brands as well as work with DDGS on private label brands. Where You'll Work This role is hybrid and will require you to be onsite at West Chester, PA several days per month (onsite days are predetermined and standard across the company). Job seekers must reside in one of the following states to be considered: PA, DE, or NJ. Relocation assistance is not available for this role.

Requirements

You hold a bachelor's Degree or equivalent business experience.
Minimum five years' experience in a Retail Buying environment with strong leader skills to lead a buying team.
You have strong presentation skills to present to vendors, leadership and key stakeholders.
You have strong experience leading national brands and exercising product development consult to drive assortment.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute multi-platform short and mid-range buying plans that meet or exceed the financial goals.
Develop multi-platform plans that will deliver sales, productivity, adjusted gross margin, TSV/TS achievement rates and inventory plans.
Identify areas of growth while managing areas of risk.
Execute the vision for Buying area.
Identify and develop new products and brands that will deliver the Buying area strategy.
Seek and analyze data from a variety of sources to support decisions.
Drive innovation.
Develop an entrepreneurial and creative approach to developing new, innovative ideas that will deliver results.
Accelerate product discovery.
Lean into emerging categories and product adjacencies.
Set and deliver clear goals while committing to the buying area improved performance.
Curate unique products and assortments and develop storytelling that illustrates a product's features by way of its benefits and show how product will impact the customer's life
Develop talent, delegate effectively, celebrate diversity within the team and manage performance.
Develop skills and knowledge needed for high performance guided by the learning plans.
Manage vendor relationships.
Effectively conduct vendor negotiations that best supports business objectives.
Develop strong relationships with Category Strategy and Business Development and Product Development Teams to execute business and product strategies.