Women's Footwear Buyer

SNIPES Women’s Footwear Buyer

Bensalem, PA

Hybrid

We live sneakers, streetwear, and neighborhood culture! All Day! Every Day!

It’s an exciting time to be part of our growing retail company, with US headquarters in Bensalem, PA. SNIPES is a global sneaker and streetwear retailer with almost 400 doors in Europe and over 300 doors in the US. Key brands include Nike, Jordan, adidas, New Balance, Timberland and UGGs. Our mission is to move street culture forward through our communities.

To achieve this mission, we operate as an “entertainment company with a little bit of retail". Our customer journey starts in our communities where we support, empower, and celebrate in order to earn the right to do business there. We are deeply engrained in our neighborhoods and work with many local partners to provide experiences and tell our stories – be it at community events, music festivals, basketball tournaments, dance contests, in one of our 700 state-of-the-art doors. To ensure our stories have reach, we also regularly work with global partners such as our Chief Creative Officer DJ Khaled, Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, or brands such as Sony PlayStation and Sprite.

We entered the US market in 2019 through four acquisitions and have been extremely well-received by our communities, customers, and brand partners. We are geared up to invest more in our communities, our brand, and points of sale to unlock further growth across the US.

OVERVIEW: As a Women’s Footwear Buyer, you are responsible for the merchandise strategy and product assortments that enable the achievement of financial plans. This position reports to the Divisional Merchandise Manager.

Responsibilities

• Regularly review purchase order reports, styles sold reports, vendor reports, and open to buy plans. Write purchase orders and forecast sales levels.
• Strategize current business trends, market, etc., to forecast future sales by family of business.
• Manage plan vs. actual sales plans with finance and inventory levels with planner and allocator.
• Make adjustments to future purchase orders, top sellers and evaluate markdowns.
• Run styles sold reports to review top sellers and slow sellers with vendors.

Key Partners

• Divisional Merchandise Manager
• Chief Merchandise Officer
• Planning & Allocations
• Distribution Center
• Marketing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business or a related field
• 5+ years’ experience of progressive success managing merchandise for a specialty retailer
• Product development experience
• Footwear experience preferred

Skills

• Excellent negotiation skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent retail math skills
• Intermediate - Strong Excel skills
• Brand understanding
• Excellent communications skills
• Problem resolution skills

Cultural Success Factors

• Enthusiasm for the brand
• Consumer Obsessed
• Innovative Mindset
• Collaborative nature
• Skillful communicator
• Adaptable and Flexible
• Disciplined and self-motivated

Benefits with SNIPES

• Generous Employee Discount
• Paid Holidays
• Summer Hours
• Hybrid work schedule
• PTO (Paid Time Off)
• Bonus Plan
• Affordable Health Insurance
• Retirement Contributions

Snipes USA and all its subsidiary Companies are equal opportunity employers. We will not discriminate or make hiring decisions based on race, religion, creed, color, national origin, sex, political affiliation, sexual orientation, or any other criteria that would violate any Federal or State laws