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Senior Buyer Jobs in Los Angeles, CA at Alo Yoga
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WHY JOIN ALO?
Mindful movement. It’s at the core of why we do what we do at Alo—it’s our calling. Because mindful movement in the studio leads to better living. It changes who yogis are off the mat, making their lives and their communities better. That’s the real meaning of studio-to-street: taking the consciousness from practice on the mat and putting it into practice in life.
OVERVIEW
As the Senior Buyer, you will be partnering closely with the merchandising team to drive the success and rapid growth of the business by conducting detail and complete analysis based on trends and historical selling data. At Alo, the buying team is responsible for forecasting the unit sales of any given seasonal & carryover style-color within their division. They are expected to use their fashion intuition as well as their very strong financial skills to accurately put together the buys, rank the assortment and give recommendations on the assortment based on their findings. You will be expected to show leadership within the Buying Team, help manage and mentor the more junior members of the team.
This position will report to the Sr. Buying Manager.
Responsibilities:
Put together the sales forecast and units needed from a bottoms up perspective for all Carryover and Seasonal style-colors
Help Manage the financial elements of the business with Merchandising & Planning, e.g., Open-To-Buy, Gross Margin Targets, SKU/Unit Plans, etc. for assigned categories
Drive growth by partnering with Merchandising team to help develop assortment strategies with respect to category split, store capacities, SKU count, breadth vs. depth, and new vs. carryover
Analyze sales in-season and post-season, utilize learnings to inform in-season and future season actions, strategies, and assortments.
In concert with the planning team present bottoms up hindsight, identify opportunities, risks, hits, misses, and develop associated action plans
Attend all pertinent meetings for the divisions and provide recommendations as needed based on knowledge of trend and selling data
Communicate business needs with internal cross-functional partners, including Planning, Merchandising, Marketing, Design, & Production
Track and analyze best and worst-selling styles, colors, be able to identify style-colors which should become carryovers and never be out of stock
Use the sales performance of each style-color to help identify phase outs and markdowns
Ensure buys are not overstated or understated to help drive channel financial targets & KPIs
Understand the needs of the any given division from an Omni level, identify stores needed vs Digital needs
Help manage the launch calendar with merchandising team as well as track deliveries to ensure products are arriving on time for each channels to hit launch dates. Be able to communicate and present solutions to the merchandising team when deliveries are pushed
Partner with merchandising on setting prices for international markets
Review Sales forecast with buying team before presenting to buying director & other leadership team
Qualifications
BA or BS preferred
5+ years of experience in merchandising/buying/planning
Excellent writing, communication, and presentation skills
Creative, results-oriented who possesses excellent prioritization and project management skills, and who has a strong sense of focus, organization, and meticulous attention to …
Title: Senior Buyer
Company: Alo Yoga
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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