Senior Buyer

• Evaluate, curate, price, promote, and grow brands/products in the assigned category
• Cultivate strong vendor partnerships and source new suppliers
• Manage assortment according to category, trend, and team objectives
• Collaborate with the Category Manager and team on business strategies and growth objectives
• Own category KPIs for brands, products, pricing, gross margin, promotions, and product lifecycle
• Negotiate vendor pricing, marketing and promotional budgets, opportunity buys, growth incentives, delivery, and payment terms
• Foster relationships with existing and new vendors to drive sales, product innovation, margin growth, and promotional support
• Negotiate contracts and handle product evaluation, quality issues, and customer service questions
• Create and maintain supplier and product databases
• Drive new product and brand onboarding and maintenance
• Calculate, maintain, and evaluate costs, pricing, and product adjustments
• Coordinate with Inventory Management and Planning on inventory turns, forecasts, projections, service levels, order cycles, rebates, marketing programs, and supply chain practices
• Develop profitable promotional co-op activities with Marketing
• Create, review, and use reports for category analysis
• Comply with company policies and procedures
• May direct and support Assistant Buyers through development and mentoring