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Our buying role doing retail and ecommerce is about taking risks that create a buzz in the marketplace and supplying the products our fans will love. This position maintains solid vendor relationships, researching the market landscape, being innovative and negotiating the best opportunities. The Buyer works closely with our planning, merchandising, marketing and store optimization teams while never forgetting our target demographic in order to provide compelling assortments that turn our customer’s heads. Responsibilities:
Foot Locker Benefits:
This position can be based in either NYC, NY OR St. Petersburg, FL (This is a HYBRID role NOT remote)
Our buying role doing retail and ecommerce is about taking risks that create a buzz in the marketplace and supplying the products our fans will love. This position maintains solid vendor relationships, researching the market landscape, being innovative and negotiating the best opportunities. The Buyer works closely with our planning, merchandising, marketing and store optimization teams while never forgetting our target demographic in order to provide compelling assortments that turn our customer’s heads.
Work in conjunction with vendors and/or product development to establish a line of product that meets the needs of our customer.- Analyze market trends to establish a pattern of projected sales.
- Work with merchandisers, review reports and studies. Review product and offer direction in order to ensure proper distribution and allocation of product.
- Choose product, negotiate terms, and negotiate delivery.
- Work with DMM to plan line, review studies and reports to build a product line for a given season.
- Attend product shows and keep up-to-date on current and future trends.
- Communicate with merchandising team in order to analyze data.
- Prepare all paper work for all budget and sales meetings.
- Field travel in order to keep track of trends within the market place.
- Work with other buyers from other divisions in order to coordinate product delivery.
- Work closely with Planner in order to ensure that buys are analyzed for maximum results.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Effectively partner with planning and merchandising team in order to develop ideal plans
- Manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines while remaining flexible to change priorities
- Effectively interface with Senior Executives and make recommendations
- Creatively negotiate the best terms in order to maximize sales and profits
- Develop a product selection that will maximize sales, profit and gross margin
- Understanding of product , customers and of market and fashion trends
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in retail and ecommerce buying processes and product life cycles required
- Strong financial acumen and highly analytical
- Software applications: Excel, Access, Word and PowerPoint
- Knowledge of BI (Business Intelligence) or similar systems preferred
- Mainframe systems: QMF, Purchase Order System, GMS
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks with tight deadlines
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Benefits: The base salary range is $84000 - $95000 / year. This range represents the anticipated low and high end of the salary for this position. Salary will be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data. Salary is one component of the Foot Locker, Inc. total compensation package, which includes the below.
Foot Locker Benefits:
Employee Discount
Paid Time Off
Medical | Dental | Vision Coverage
401(k) | Roth 401(k)
Stock Purchase Plan
Life Insurance
Flexible Spending Account
Opportunities for Advancement
Tuition Reimbursement for Qualified Courses
Strong Company Culture
Employee Resource Groups
Paid Time Off
Medical | Dental | Vision Coverage
401(k) | Roth 401(k)
Stock Purchase Plan
Life Insurance
Flexible Spending Account
Opportunities for Advancement
Tuition Reimbursement for Qualified Courses
Strong Company Culture
Employee Resource Groups
