Variety Wholesalers, Inc ยท 20 hours ago
Senior Buyer - Bedding, Rugs & Window - Roses
Henderson, NC 27536, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expVariety Wholesalers, Inc is a company that specializes in merchandising, and they are seeking a Senior Buyer for Bedding, Rugs & Window. The role involves fostering vendor relationships, defining merchandise strategies, and collaborating with various teams to achieve sales and margin goals.
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Responsibilities
Fosters relationships with vendors. Negotiates deals with vendors. In instances when purchases are not made, maintains positive vendor relationships for future opportunities
Defines the merchandise strategy, such as mix of close-out vs. non-closeout business
Jointly with the planner, develops a merchandise plan to support the strategy and achieve stated sales, turn and margin goals
Identifies opportunities to exploit sales and margin opportunities and partners with planner and merchandise analyst to develop execution tactics
Collaborates with Planning, Allocation, Distribution and Transportation Services, and Field Management to understand and improve upon internal company processes
Travels to stores to understand merchandise packaging and presentation requirements, customer requirements and customer trends. Shops competitor stores to assess direction of competition and understand competitive pricing structures
Travels to trade shows and vendor locations to develop a network of contacts, to stay informed on industry and competitor direction, and to source deals
Develops a collaborative team atmosphere through an open exchange of ideas and positive feedback between buyer, planner and allocation analyst team members
Trains and mentors Assistant Buyers and/or Buyers, as requested
Performs administrative tasks, as needed or requested
Accountabilities: Achieve annual Sales Dollar, Margin Dollar and Inventory Turn targets for assigned product areas
Qualification
Required
Fosters relationships with vendors
Negotiates deals with vendors
Maintains positive vendor relationships for future opportunities
Defines the merchandise strategy, such as mix of close-out vs. non-closeout business
Jointly with the planner, develops a merchandise plan to support the strategy and achieve stated sales, turn and margin goals
Identifies opportunities to exploit sales and margin opportunities
Partners with planner and merchandise analyst to develop execution tactics
Collaborates with Planning, Allocation, Distribution and Transportation Services, and Field Management to understand and improve upon internal company processes
Travels to stores to understand merchandise packaging and presentation requirements, customer requirements and customer trends
Shops competitor stores to assess direction of competition and understand competitive pricing structures
Travels to trade shows and vendor locations to develop a network of contacts
Stays informed on industry and competitor direction
Sources deals
Develops a collaborative team atmosphere through an open exchange of ideas and positive feedback
Trains and mentors Assistant Buyers and/or Buyers, as requested
Performs administrative tasks, as needed or requested
Achieve annual Sales Dollar, Margin Dollar and Inventory Turn targets for assigned product areas
Experience in buying complex merchandise categories and categories with large sales volumes
Excellent negotiation and marketing skills
Excellent oral and written communication and organization skills
Motivated and self-starter, willing to take on new challenges and learn every aspect of merchandising
Able to work as part of a team to achieve common goals
System capable in spreadsheet, word processing and data analysis tools
Preferred
College degree
A minimum of five years of retail buying experience
Company
Variety Wholesalers, Inc
Roses Discount Stores is a super-regional retail chain founded in 1915 by Paul Howard Rose and headquartered in Henderson, NC.
Founded in 1922Henderson, North Carolina, USA
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Tom Stoltz
Chief Financial Officer
Chris Zender
President Chief Operations Officer Variety Stores
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