Senior Specialist Retail Buying (m/f/d)
Munich, DE Bayreuth, DE
Your areas of responsibilities:
- Be part of the assortment strategy for CYBEX Retail stores in close collaboration with retail, product development, visual merchandising and marketing
- Responsible for internal buying (definition of product mix, price levels, mix of commercial and marketing assortment share)
- Create, develop and lead the Merchandise, Buying, Planning and Allocation processes to ensure optimal product & merchandise flow to the stores (right product, time, place)
- Execute the Go-to-market strategy in line with global launch dates, campaigns and guidelines. Assort effectively and efficiently for the retail stores based on seasonal and marketing launch plans
- Work closely and align with merchandise and demand planning to continuously improve product performance, sell out results, ROS, markdowns and price to determine needs
- Stay informed on consumer trends as well as liaise with your regional peers in wholesale and retail to build a strong and cohesive omnichannel assortment strategy
- Create processes for assortment tracking and review, measures to ensure optimum product flow & availability and establish a long-term NOOS program
Your profile of qualification:
- Degree in economics or similar education
- Profound experience in merchandising and buying, and market expertise preferably in the juvenile industry with a Direct-to-consumer background
- Ambition and flexibility to build something new from scratch and willingness to actively deliver the store plans with hands-on mentality
- Excellent communication and presentation skills to align stakeholders and team members
- Fluent English language skills and willingness to travel between our Bayreuth HQ and our Munich office and store locations