The North Face: Buyer, Omni Full Price (Americas)
About The Position
The Buyer, Omni Full Price (Americas) builds and executes strategic seasonal buys that support brand priorities, direct-to-consumer channel initiatives, and financial targets. The role translates brand strategy, consumer insights, and financial goals into buying decisions that drive profitable growth, balancing product storytelling with financial discipline. It contributes to sales and profitability through demand forecasting, buy generation, and margin management while maintaining the appropriate full-price inventory across channels. The Buyer partners with Merchandising, Planning, and Supply Chain to develop assortments that meet consumer demand and financial commitments, and adapts decisions in-season based on business performance. Strong analytical skills, trend awareness, strategic thinking, and cross-functional collaboration are important to the role.
Requirements
- 3–5 years of buying experience in footwear, apparel, and/or fashion retail.
- Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Proficiency in Excel.
- Deep understanding of retail math, consumer behavior, and data-trend analysis.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, or Merchandising.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Passion for fashion and trend forecasting.
Responsibilities
- Generate buys based on target sales and inventory levels, including sell-through goals, aligned with the merchandise financial plan for sales, discount, margin, and sell-through.
- Analyze market trends, customer preferences, and historical sales to forecast demand at the style-color level and optimize inventory flow.
- Manage end-to-end forecasts by channel to improve forecast accuracy.
- Partner with Merchandising to ensure buys support channel product priorities and the merchant assortment strategy.
- Track product performance and adjust buying strategies to maximize sales and minimize markdowns.
- Analyze and support line plans, providing Merchandising with analytical perspectives and strategic targets; evaluate lines against productivity goals, sales objectives, and brand and regional growth strategies.
- Lead Buy Review meetings to present seasonal product strategies, revenue, and investments to store, visual, and marketing partners.
Benefits
- Eligible for additional compensation awards, which may include an annual incentive plan, sales incentive, or commission potential.
- VF Corporation offers benefit programs; details are provided during the hiring process.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
