Senior Buyer, Bedding, Rugs and Window

Job overview

The Senior Buyer role is based in Westerville, OH; compensation is not specified. The buyer supports retail merchandise strategy and sales, margin, and inventory-turn goals for bedding, rugs, and window product areas.

What you'll do

• Build and maintain vendor relationships, negotiate deals, define merchandise strategy, and develop merchandise plans with the planner.
• Identify sales and margin opportunities, coordinate with planning, allocation, distribution, transportation, and field management, visit stores and trade shows, assess competitors, and train or mentor buyers as requested.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior buyer

bedding

rugs

window

westerville oh

variety stores

retail buying

vendor negotiation

merchandise strategy

sales and margin

inventory turns

trade shows

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Accountability includes annual sales-dollar, margin-dollar, and inventory-turn targets for assigned product areas.

About the employer

Variety Stores LLC is hiring for this role. Industry: All Other General Merchandise Retailers. Sector: 45.