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Fashion Nova · 1 month ago

Buyer - Women's Outerwear

Fashion Nova is the world’s leading trend-to-market fashion and lifestyle brand, renowned for delivering the most-wanted styles to millions worldwide. The Buyer for Women's Outerwear will create merchandise mixes based on trends, manage product assortments, and ensure financial targets are met, playing a key role in the brand's product offerings.

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Responsibilities

Develop and execute buying strategies to curate trend-driven product assortments that align with customer preferences and seasonal trends, while achieving optimal SKU count and balancing newness vs. replenishment inventory
Stay ahead of fashion trends by conducting market research, keeping a pulse runway trends, and analyzing social media and competitors to ensure a competitive and forward-thinking product mix
Lead pricing negotiations with suppliers to secure the best cost structures while maintaining product quality, ensuring profitability, and maximizing margins in a highly competitive market
Manage weekly sales performance, open-to-buy budgets, pricing, margin targets, and inventory levels, ensuring alignment with sales goals and profit margins, while optimizing the balance of newness and replenished minimizing markdowns
Partner with production, replenishment, planning, and creative teams to ensure timely deliveries, fast replenishment of high-demand styles, successful promotions to maximize sales opportunities, and cohesive product launches
Utilize sales performance data, customer reviews, and market insights to continuously optimize product assortments and increase profitability

Qualification

Buying for apparelTrend forecastingCost negotiationFinancial managementData-driven decisionsExcelCross-functional collaborationAdditional languagesEnglishProject managementAttention to detail

Required

Minimum 5-7+ of years of experience in Buying for apparel, ideally within an eCommerce fashion brand
Strong understanding of current and emerging fashion trends, with a deep passion for the fashion industry
Experience working with vendors and negotiating product quality, costs, and delivery dates with vendors
Excellent prioritization, project management, organization skills, and attention to detail, in addition to strong analytical skills to support data-driven decisions
Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and Google Workspace
Bachelor's Degree in Fashion, Production, Design or related field, or equivalent work experience

Preferred

Previous outerwear experience is preferred
English, additional language(s) an advantage

Benefits

NEW state-of-the-art HQ in Beverly Hills!
Formalized career paths for continued professional growth
Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO)
Comprehensive health insurance across Medical, Dental and Vision
401k match, with immediate vesting upon eligibility
Weekly catered lunches & fully-stock kitchen pantry!
Opportunities to travel for trade shows and vendor meetings
Summer Fridays Early Departure
Team bonding events and programs
Attractive employee discounts!

Company

Fashion Nova

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Fashion Nova is an online fashion store for women.

H1B Sponsorship

Fashion Nova has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (8)
2024 (6)
2023 (1)
2022 (1)
2020 (2)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

Leadership Team

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Richard Saghian
Founder and CEO
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