Assistant Buyer, Men's Classic Shoes

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for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. We have content: About the role? Could be "WHO WE ARE" as about company, but maybe we treat as "About the role". The posting includes "You Will Be As the Assistant Buyer..." that's role description. Could be "About the role". Then responsibilities: "What You Will Do" with bullet points. Then qualifications: "What You Will Bring Required Qualifications (Minimum Requirements):" includes list of qualifications. Also "Your Life And Career At Saks Global" maybe benefits? Actually benefits later: "Comprehensive benefits package..." and "Benefits We offer..." So we have Benefits section. Pay: Salary Range given. Schedule: not mentioned. So we should not include Schedule. Also we should not include Pay if only vague? It gives salary range $54,000 - $72,000 with note. That's specific enough, so include Pay. We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate: EEO, accommodation contact, etc. Also remove "Exemplar Luxury Group is an equal employment opportunity employer..." and accommodation line. Also remove "Your Life And Career At Saks Global" maybe not needed as separate section? Could be part of About the role? But we can keep as a paragraph under About the role? The instruction: preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep that paragraph but not as a heading unless we have a heading for it. Could incorporate into About the role section as prose. We need to use

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  with paragraphs containing WHO WE ARE and the role description "You Will Be As the Assistant Buyer..." maybe. But we also have "You Will Be As the Assistant Buyer, you are a motivated individual who will participate in vendor selections and partnerships. The Assistant Buyer will assist in providing information for the monitoring of inventory productivity, and the analysis of vendor profitability, while providing data and analysis for price changes, and assist in entering price changes online." That's role overview. We'll combine. Responsibilities: Under "What You Will Do" we have several paragraphs each starting with a bold heading? Actually they are headings: Order Management, Market Preparation, Bottoms-Up In-Season Analysis. Each has bullet-like sentences. We'll treat each as a list item? The instruction: use
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    • containing the sentences. We need to preserve all substantive information; not summarize. So we need to include each sentence. Let's list duties: Order Management: - Liaise with Buyers, Associate Buyers, and brand partners to gather and confirm order details (e.g., item details, shipping details, delivery schedules, order prioritization), manage updates to buy sheets, and resolve discrepancies - Oversee offshore Merchandise Assistants’ creation and transmission of purchase orders to brand partners, ensuring timely delivery and accuracy of order details, overseeing communication between Merchandise Assistants and brand partners, and resolving or escalating any issues raised - Provide allocation direction to the Planning Allocation team and help manage allocations for high-touch categories such as Designer - Manage communication of receipt flow changes to the offshore team and ensure POs are maintained to ensure accurate view of ship windows, order quantities, and on-order Market Preparation: - Prepare Buyers for Market through working with Planners to provide comprehensive insights on historical performance (e.g., best and worst sellers by door), emerging trends, customer preferences, coordinating market appointments and periodically attending NY market - Support Buyer in style-out sessions including coordinating logistics and preparing insights to support assortment presentation - Initiate the development of strategic product assortments to drive sales and brand growth Bottoms-Up In-Season Analysis: - Act as primary point of contact on execution questions and feedback from brand partners, visual merchandising, site merchandising, stores, digital, marketing (incl. promos), planning (incl. pricing) - Constantly review business performance in close collaboration with Assistant Planners, communicating bottoms-up style insights to Buyers, recommending in-season actions (e.g., ask the vendor for ATS on sold out item) and helping to prepare for monthly OTB - Manage markdown cadence and oversee offshore execution of price changes (frequency varies by category), RTVs, etc. and resolve any escalated issues - Collaborate with offshore reporting team to generate custom Buying reports, maintaining structural changes to views and ensuring timeline delivery by offshore teams on expected cadences Now qualifications: "What You Will Bring Required Qualifications (Minimum Requirements):" then a paragraph of sentences describing traits, then list of specific qualifications: Strong knowledge of and ability to apply retail math concepts..., Strong organizational skills..., Strong ability to communicate..., Excellent computer skills..., Proficiency in systems..., 1 - 2 years' experience as an Assistant Buyer, preferably in a major department store. We need to keep the paragraph as prose maybe

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        with items: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, disability insurance, variety of additional voluntary benefits (such as critical illness, hospital and accident insurance), comprehensive benefits package for all eligible full-time employees (including medical, vision and dental), amazing employee discount. But we might duplicate medical etc. Better to keep as given: we can have two paragraphs: one prose about comprehensive benefits and discount, then a list of specific benefits. But instruction: use
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          About the role

          WHO WE ARE: Exemplar Luxury Group is the largest multi-brand luxury retailer in the world, comprising Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman and Saks OFF 5TH. Powered by our talented colleagues, we are redefining luxury shopping by offering each customer a personalized experience across our store network and e-commerce platforms. Through strong partnerships with the world’s most esteemed brands, cutting-edge technology and the industry’s most comprehensive luxury customer data, Saks Global is shaping the future of retail.

          You Will Be As the Assistant Buyer, you are a motivated individual who will participate in vendor selections and partnerships. The Assistant Buyer will assist in providing information for the monitoring of inventory productivity, and the analysis of vendor profitability, while providing data and analysis for price changes, and assist in entering price changes online.

          Responsibilities

          • Liaise with Buyers, Associate Buyers, and brand partners to gather and confirm order details (e.g., item details, shipping details, delivery schedules, order prioritization), manage updates to buy sheets, and resolve discrepancies
          • Oversee offshore Merchandise Assistants’ creation and transmission of purchase orders to brand partners, ensuring timely delivery and accuracy of order details, overseeing communication between Merchandise Assistants and brand partners, and resolving or escalating any issues raised
          • Provide allocation direction to the Planning Allocation team and help manage allocations for high-touch categories such as Designer
          • Manage communication of receipt flow changes to the offshore team and ensure POs are maintained to ensure accurate view of ship windows, order quantities, and on-order
          • Prepare Buyers for Market through working with Planners to provide comprehensive insights on historical performance (e.g., best and worst sellers by door), emerging trends, customer preferences, coordinating market appointments and periodically attending NY market
          • Support Buyer in style-out sessions including coordinating logistics and preparing insights to support assortment presentation
          • Initiate the development of strategic product assortments to drive sales and brand growth
          • Act as primary point of contact on execution questions and feedback from brand partners, visual merchandising, site merchandising, stores, digital, marketing (incl. promos), planning (incl. pricing)
          • Constantly review business performance in close collaboration with Assistant Planners, communicating bottoms-up style insights to Buyers, recommending in-season actions (e.g., ask the vendor for ATS on sold out item) and helping to prepare for monthly OTB
          • Manage markdown cadence and oversee offshore execution of price changes (frequency varies by category), RTVs, etc. and resolve any escalated issues
          • Collaborate with offshore reporting team to generate custom Buying reports, maintaining structural changes to views and ensuring timeline delivery by offshore teams on expected cadences

          Qualifications

          Manages ambiguity well, self starter, and is able to thrive in a fast paced environmentStrong accountability, and ability to multitask and prioritize independently Generates a variety of approaches to problem solving quickly including new and novel ideas. Strong interpersonal skills and can be both direct but diplomatic and gain trust from others quickly. You often go above and beyond your goals. You are a consistent performer with a proven track record in driving positive outcomes through objectives and measures within a large complex organization.Open to new perspectives and is willing to try new ways of working in our evolving business

          • Strong knowledge of and ability to apply retail math concepts, including elements of markup, margin planning, open to buy, and inventory productivity measures (WOS, T/O, GMROI)
          • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
          • Strong ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
          • Excellent computer skills including MS Word and Excel, Powerpoint, Google Sheets/Docs/Slides
          • Proficiency in systems (RFS, AMS, PCW, NuOrder)
          • 1 - 2 years' experience as an Assistant Buyer, preferably in a major department store