Fashion Buyer

BRICK EXECUTIVE SEARCH has partnered with a high high growth womens Fashion Retailer Based in Chicago.

We are searching for a fashion-forward, super intelligent, math-minded, and highly motivated Senior Fashion Buyer for Accessories.

Summary :

This is a position with significant growth potential for the right person. This position will play a hand in sourcing, buying, and planning. The right person will be open to a variety of tasks, from digging into the retail database to understand the company's merchandising data, to traveling to LA/Vegas/NYC/Italy/China/etc. on a buy, to calling pages of vendors for shipping updates, to going to the stores to lead a markdown project - you are energized and ready to go.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with Buyers, Planners, Accounting, Quality control, Receiving departments, and vendors to ensure production requirements are followed
• Communicate with vendors any revisions or changes to accessories expressed by the Buyers
• Assists with the preparation process for the negotiation of product pricing with vendors and management
• Communicate any changes to existing orders to the Purchase Order department
• Work to consistently obtain Pre-Production and Top of Production samples on time
• Responsible for trying on production samples throughout the day as needed.
• Maintain a library of best-selling styles
• Manage the data and files for production matters
• Organize selling, pull reports for Buyers and ensure that all Purchase Order deliveries are made to the appropriate department
• Begin to effectively utilize the merchandising systems and understand warehouse process
• Develop and demonstrate basic product knowledge through sharing information with Buyer as a result of competitive shopping

Qualifications

• Must be highly analytical and data-driven. You must be able to take a spreadsheet of data on Excel and analyze it in a meaningful and impactful way
• Must arrive with a working knowledge of key merchandising concepts such as open-to-buy, sell-thru, inventory turn, etc.
• Must be highly motivated and driven to succeed. You will want you to take ownership of your duties. We want you to proactively find areas of improvement and take leadership
• You must be excited about fashion, in particular ACCESSORIES. You must be excited about new trends and constantly learning about construction, material, and other concepts regarding design
• Be able to (and enjoy) regular travel and meeting with vendors, producers, and others in the fast fashion industry. Represent the brand in a positive manner
• You are confident and extroverted and extremely comfortable with communication, whether in person, over the phone, Skype, or email. You have excellent follow-through
• Be a fashion leader. Follow all the style blogs and scour through Instagram for the latest and greatest looks. You are always one season ahead of the pack. You love and appreciate a wide range of different styles
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university
• You are way above average, and only want to work at a place that is nowhere near average
• You thrive in a fast-paced work environment and embrace solving complex challenges
• You are a collaborative and hard-working problem solver, who leads by example