Title: Senior Buyer - Accessories and Textiles
Location: Los Angeles w/ WFH day possible
Reports to: Head of Product
Employment Type: Full-time
Pay range: $110-140K / yr
POSITION SUMMARY
You will be an essential owner in mapping and identifying our assortment and inventory needs across our NK Household categories (tabletop, bedding, bath, personal items, garden, and pet). You will identify revenue growth opportunities (that align with our strategic brand vision) and insure the representation across our sales channels (in person and online). Additionally, you will be charged with ensuring core product programming to leverage customer desire for best revenue outcomes.
The Senior Buyer needs to know it ALL. This role is a nucleus of the calendar- partnering with every cross-functional team:
- Dissecting the product line
- Developing the assortment
- Staying ahead of the competition
- Seeing the concept through to completion
Its strategy, its creativity, its analytics, its partnership, its forecasting, and its knowledge- of the brand, the Nickey Kehoe customer, and the product you represent
Categories include: tabletop, kitchen, bedding, pillows, bath, personal items, scent, garden, outdoor.
DUTIES INCLUDE
- Purchase Order Management: Creating, issuing, and tracking purchase orders, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery.
- Vendor Communication: Liaising with suppliers to confirm orders, resolve issues, and manage relationships
- Comfortable with data entry and working in complex systems in a detail oriented and organized way.
- Internal Coordination: Working with other departments to understand needs (AP, Freight +Logistics, Receiving, Buyers), confirm requirements, and provide updates
- Process creation and management - ability to take initiative and ideate, implement and maintain new processes and get alignment from cross functional teams.
- Record Keeping: Maintaining organized, accurate records of purchases, inventory, and vendor information
- Proactively reach out to vendors to make sure POs are shipping on time. Keep POs up to date with correct shipping and delivery dates.
- Keep the Buying team informed about any delays or cost changes.
- Work closely with AP on 3 way matches to invoices before submitting to AP.
- Problem Solving: Addressing delivery issues and pricing discrepancies.
- Policy Compliance: Ensuring all procurement activities follow company policies.
QUALIFICATIONS & KEY ATTRIBUTES
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent communication (written/verbal) and interpersonal skills
- Proficiency with procurement software
- Problem-solving and multitasking abilities
- Understanding of supply chain basics and inventory management
- Tactical Role: Executes the purchasing function, supporting strategic buyers/managers
- Efficiency Driver: Keeps operations running smoothly by ensuring resources are available
- Cost Control: Contributes to cost reduction through diligent management
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, it is our highest priority that no employee or applicant is discriminated against on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law.
Upon request and consistent with applicable laws, Nickey Kehoe will provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities who need assistance in the application and hiring process.
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