Kipling: Associate Buyer, Retail (Americas)

About the role

The Associate Buyer, Retail at Kipling supports the execution of the brand’s retail merchandising strategy across various channels. They work closely with teams such as Merchandising, Planning, Allocation, Visual, Marketing, and Store Operations to ensure that assortments are executed accurately and effectively, contributing to sales, inventory, and profitability goals.

Responsibilities

• Assist in curating a balance and compelling product assortment that is consumer-centric and aligns with seasonal financial strategies to achieve financial targets.
• Conduct weekly sales analysis and seasonal hindsight analysis to identify opportunities and risks and recommend actionable strategies.
• Present in weekly business meetings, seasonal hindsight meetings, and final buy reviews to the leadership team.
• Manage day-to-day buying responsibilities, ensuring accuracy in promotion execution, purchase order creation, tracking product deliveries for floor sets, SKU maintenance, and sample organization.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to support accurate and timely execution of floor sets, product launches, and key initiatives.
• Immerse yourself in the Kipling brand, product assortment, customer, and store environment.
• Collaborate closely with Merchandising, Planning, Allocation, Visual, Marketing, and Store Operations to bring assortments to life.
• Utilize buying assortment tools to ensure a balanced assortment strategy, optimizing SKU count and maximizing productivity.
• Partner with Planning to support sales forecasting, inventory modeling, and trend analysis.
• Create analysis to measure promotional performance and analyze consumer purchasing behaviors by region.
• Learn and utilize buying systems and tools to support daily business needs.
• Build strong relationships with store teams and cross-functional partners to support seamless execution.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of retail math
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required; Power BI a plus
• Self-starter who is proactive, organized, and comfortable in managing up
• Strong team player with a hands-on, solution-oriented mindset and a growth mindset
• Detail-driven with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Comfortable juggling multiple projects with competing priorities

Qualifications

• 2+ years of associate retail buying or associate merchandising experience

Skills

• Buying assortment tools
• Microsoft Excel
• Power BI (optional)

Benefits

Benefits at VF Corporation are available on MyVFbenefits.com. Specific details of the additional compensation eligibility for this position will be provided during the recruiting and interview process.

Pay

Hiring Range: $61,600.00 USD - $77,000.00 USD annually

Schedule

N/A