Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
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Job Title (No Character Limit)
Senior Buyer
Summary Description (Summarize the role in 2-3 sentences by capturing major areas of responsibility)
The Senior Buyer is responsible for effectively communicating and coordinating all functions of the design team, planner, merchandise analyst, and assistant. They negotiate with vendors to develop merchandise with the best possible price/value relationship in the marketplace; establish beginning of season strategic plans for sales, markdowns, inventory, and growth opportunity (both brick & mortar and eCommerce). Senior Buyers primarily focus their efforts on large strategic growth categories for Dick's Sporting Goods.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
% of Time
Responsible for achieving Sales, Margin and Turnover plans by creating, driving and ensuring execution of the merchandising strategies. Build Visual Merchandising Strategy that will assist in meeting the sales, margin and turn objectives.
15%
Build, create & manage merchandise assortments, by category, through existing and new brands that align with market and consumer trends. Assortment creation includes selecting and purchasing merchandise by considering type, quality, source, timing, delivery, mix, and promotions. Managing assortments includes continual evaluation of pricing, demand, forecasting and product flow. Leverage relationships with vendors and product development team to deliver exclusive products to all channels of the business.
20%
Develop and ensure execution regional marketing and pricing strategies to showcase the current assortment to drive customer traffic and increase sales.
10%
Build and manage relationships with vendors and cross-functional teams. Leverage vendor relationships to gain knowledge and data as it pertains to product category. Utilize established relationship in product selection and pricing negotiations.
15%
Works closely with each member of their team to ensure appropriate development opportunities are happening including: feedback, stretch assignments, performance management and career development conversations. Interviewing candidates and making hiring decisions.
10%
Analyze economic, financial, market, competitive/noncompetitive and industry data to assess current business strategies or identify future business opportunities. Assume the customer's perspective and ensure merchandising strategies will meet customer needs (current and future).
20%
Shop national and global DSG stores, as well as other comparative retail stores, to identify new trends and opportunities, evaluate merchandise mix, evaluate competition, and translate findings into executable product plans.
10%
TOTAL
100%
Education Requirement (Select level necessary for role success)
Level of Education
Bachelor's Degree
List Degree Type
4 year college degree or related experience
Experience Requirement (Select level necessary for role success)
Level of Experience
7 - 10 years
List Specific Areas of Experience (if applicable)
Experience in a leadership/ management role
Professional License and/or Specialized Training (List requirements if applicable)
Technological Requirements (Select the required program’s necessary for role success)
☒ Microsoft Outlook
☒ Microsoft Word
☒ Microsoft Excel
☒ Microsoft PowerPoint
☐ Microsoft Access
☐ Microsoft Visio
☐ Macintosh
Additional Technological Requirements (Provide any requirements not listed above)
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities (Select knowledge, skills, & ability required)
☒ Excellent written & Verbal Communication Skills
☒ Execution skills
☒ Business acumen
☒ Project management knowledge
☒ Customer-service oriented
☒ Ability to drive projects & manage project teams
☒ Strong interpersonal & client consultation skills
☒ Ability to work effectively in a team environment
☒ Self-motivated & results oriented
☒ In-depth analytical skills
☒ Strong presentation skills
☒ Strong detail orientation
☒ Supervisory & leadership capabilities
☒ Superior organizational abilities
☒ Problem solving & troubleshooting capabilities
☒ Process & procedure oriented
Additional Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities (Provide any knowledge, skills, & abilities not listed above)
Effective multi-tasking skills
Ability to Travel
Strong analytical and statistical skills
Supervisory Responsibilities (list job title & select number of incumbents supervised)
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Assistant Buyer
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Additional Comments:
Senior Buyer roles are determined based on the following set of criteria; sales volume ($110 Million+), strategic importance to the company overall, and complexity (taking into consideration regionalist, sku count, sensitive vendor relationships, lack of seasonality & larger number of direct reports).
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