Senior Buyer, Beauty - Vernon, BC, Canada - Fashion Nova, LLC

Description

Fashion Nova is an inclusive fashion-forward and trend-driven apparel and lifestyle brand that celebrates all dimensions of confidence. We use our platform to spread positivity with brands for women, men, curve, luxe, sport, swim, beauty, and kids.

Our brands are worn and celebrated worldwide by customers, celebrities, and influencers because of our uniquely creative and talented employees.

Reporting to the Chief Merchandising Officer, you as the Senior Buyer, Beauty will lead buying activities across a range of beauty categories, products, and brand, and will oversee sourcing, buying, replenishing, and all vendor relationships across the Beauty category.

You must also have excellent communication skills in order to engage the attention of our experienced leadership team and influence|respond to complexities with a high level of technical acumen.

Work closely with senior management and cross-functional divisions to ensure all are aligned on business strategies, short and long-term growth objectives
Directly responsible for key category metrics (KPIs) for the following: new and existing brands, new products, pricing, margin, promotions, and product life cycle
Negotiate with vendors to secure exceptional everyday pricing, promotional dollars, special opportunity buys, rebates, growth incentives, delivery, and payment terms
Administer and manage RFQ packages, execution of contracts, product evaluation, quality issues; create and maintain supplier, product database
Drive new product|brand onboarding process to ensure timely and quick to site|market
Manage and develop strong vendor relations through regular and consistent communication to ensure a clear understanding of short|long-term goals and capabilities
Coordinate with Planning Team and Replenishment Buyers in managing inventory turns, service level, order cycles, deal implementation and general supply chain practices
Create, review and utilize reports to enable in-depth analysis of category successes/challenges
Develop promotional co-op activities that are profitable and highly effective in conjunction with Marketing
Implement Beauty planograms by working with vendors to determine assortment, secure samples, assessing SKU/Brands productivity, gathering SKU setup, maintaining add/delete lists, and managing fixtures with vendors
Five plus years of experience in buying for Beauty, preferably with an eCommerce brand
Experience working with third-party brands
A strong pulse on the Beauty industry and competitors
Advanced experience with Excel and Google Sheets
Bachelor's Degree
English, additional language(s) an advantage
Monday – Friday | Core business hours | Onsite
Manager Training Academy
~ Creative Development Internship Program
~ Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO)
~ Medical,Dental and Vision Coverage
~401k match, with immediate vesting upon eligibility
~ Stocked kitchens with gratis snacks and drinks
~ Summer Fridays at Headquarters
~ We will continue to recruit, hire, train, and advance in employment qualified individuals in all job titles without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, status as a protected veteran, criminal history, or status as an individual with a disability; and shall not discriminate against any individual, any such characteristic, nor any other classification protected by local, state and|or federal law.
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