Associate Buyer - New York, United States - Stuart Weitzman

Description

Stuart Weitzman shoes are designed for high fashion and high function.

Known for over 35 years for it's artisanal Spanish craftsmanship and precisely-engineered fit, the luxury footwear brand inspires women around the world to shine with confidence with every step.

Stuart Weitzman is part of the Tapestry portfolio - a global house of brands committed to stretching what's possible.

A member of the Tapestry family, we are part of a global house of brands that has unwavering optimism and is committed to being innovative and wholly inclusive.

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Job Title:
Associate Buyer, North America Full Price

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop assortments by location by analyzing product performance, customer feedback, and competitive landscape
• Own 4x/year Full Price buy assortment selection based on Hindsight/future trends, planning sales & inventory at sku level & presenting buy to senior team members
• Build and maintain assortment tools and sku counts
• Drive strong partnership with Planning, ECOM & key cross functional teams
• Run weekly reporting, analyze product performance, and make action recommendations
• Participate in weekly sales review meetings
• Make pricing and promotion recommendations to maximize sales and turn while meeting margin targets
• Manage pricing updates in the system and communication flow to stores
• Hindsight seasonal performance and share learnings with senior team and merchandising
• Adhoc projects as needed

Skills and Abilities Required

• Strong analytical and mathematical skills
• Highly proficient in Excel
• Ability to multitask in a fast paced environment
• Strong communication skills and comfortable partnering with many different teams
• Selfstarter who can work independently
• Detailed oriented and highly organized
• Ability to identify and troubleshoot problems

Education and Experience Required

• Bachelor's degree with 23 years of experience in Buying or Planning preferred
• Experience in Footwear or sized category is a plus

Our Competencies for All Employees
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Courage: Doesn't hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and "actionable" positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
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Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
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Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
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Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn't upset when things are up in the air; doesn't have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
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Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
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Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
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Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.


Our Competencies for All People Managers
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Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
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Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
- **Building Effective Teams