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Tommy John · 1 day ago

Associate E-Commerce Buyer, Men's

NYC Metro Area

Full-time

Hybrid

Entry, Mid Level

$70K/yr - $80K/yr

2+ years exp

Tommy John is a company that has been redefining confidence through comfort since 2008, focusing on innovative apparel solutions. The Associate E-Commerce Buyer will drive sales and growth for Men's categories by partnering with the Buying team, developing assortment strategies, and managing day-to-day operations for assigned categories.

E-CommerceFashionLifestyleRetail

Responsibilities

Work with E-Commerce Buying team lead on company and divisional objectives, executing top level strategic initiatives to drive the business forward

Support E-commerce Buying lead in the day-to-day management of all assigned categories

Assist with bottoms-up buy for assigned area of the business, in partnership with the E-Commerce Buying lead

Collaborate with Merchandising, Planning, and Wholesale teams to create a balanced assortment in terms of brand vision, fashion vision, quality, fit, value, price point, style/SKU count, key item depth, and profitability

Perform operational functions supporting a buying team by providing ongoing analysis of key business issues including using merchandise reports (provided by planning), stock analysis (provided by planning) and other ad hoc analysis

Maintain awareness of competitive landscape and identify trends in the marketplace, own competitive analysis & patterning projects; make recommendations to the Buying lead on how to apply to E-Commerce assortment; own monthly share-outs with product development and/or site teams

Partner with the Customer Experience & Comfort Concierge teams on a weekly basis; regularly share customer insights and business recommendations in cross-functional forums and report out to product development teams

Receive product delivery updates from Production & Operations teams and responsible for communicating delays or pull forward to front-facing cross-functional teams

Own communication with Marketing team on product availability, to ensure product is available onsite prior to usage of any content intended to drive traffic to specific PLPs and PDPs

Own exports necessary to place buys, partner with planning on systemically inputting all buys

Own cheat sheets and all buying tools necessary to keep cross-functional teams up-to-date

Play active role in cross-functional Milestone meetings (Hindsight, Budget & Strategy, Investment Reviews, etc.), presenting in-depth analysis of total division; must be able to support and validate point of view with facts and analysis

Help with divisional assortment sheet management to direct Site Optimization team on imaging and PDP needs to launch product onsite to hit launch timelines

Consistently review style selling reporting to understand best + worst sellers as well as in-season and future product opportunities to help optimize the Ecom business

Identify key opportunities; analyze the business and react with timely reorders and cancellations to maximize inventory

Analyze, report out, and present on business to Buying and Planning partners on weekly basis

Manage partnership with Site team to optimize the website; scans the site daily to ensure that TJ is consistently putting best foot forward

Responsible for creating seasonal e-comm shot lists & tracking assets; work with Creative Operations to ensure product is captured accurately and representative of final bulk product

Build and execute alignment of site merchandising strategies with pre-season buy initiatives and in season site recommendations

Own management of Buying team + E-Comm photoshoot samples

Responsible for initial review of SMS to ensure proper execution of E-Comm product intent (added milestone date)

Partner with Merchant (now owner) on maintaining merchandising sections within PLM system each season, including the execution of adds, drops and changes to the assortment

Qualification

Retail buying experienceE-Commerce exposureAnalytical skillsComputer skillsCommunication skillsOrganizational skillsAttention to detailSelf-motivatedAdaptability