Buyer I - Apparel

Buyer I

The world of retail is changing and QVC US is embracing its next chapter. We have an opportunity in our growing Women's Apparel division. This role oversees personality designer brands such as Joan Rivers, Martha Stewart, and our National Denim category (NYDJ, Driftwood, Liverpool, Warp & Weft). This role is a stepping stone to our Buyer II and Senior Buyer roles within QVC Group. This role is based in our West Chester, PA Studio Park offices.

The primary responsibility of the Buyer I is to develop, negotiate and execute effective merchandising strategies for their assigned portfolio. These strategies must straddle Digital, Linear, and Social Commerce. The Buyer I role must remain curious by seeking to understand what motivates our core customer to buy to curate an assortment that surprise & delights her every day. The Buyer I has ownership and accountability for strategic and financial planning, purchasing and managing financial objectives. The Buyer selects products based on relevant trends and understand how to translate them into products for Omni Channel retail. They will educate and communicate with vendors and cross-functional departments. The Buyer I is accountable for leadership and management of portion of team.

QVC empowers shoppers with knowledge and shares insights in a lively and engaging way. We offer an ever-changing collection of familiar brands and fresh new products from home and fashion to beauty, electronics and jewelry and we connect shoppers to interesting personalities, engaging stories and award-winning customer service. QVC reaches more than 200 million homes worldwide via its 12 broadcast networks and reaches millions more via multiple streaming services, websites, mobile apps and social pages.

Your Impact

• Develop and execute merchandising strategy for all sales channels (omni -digital, linear, and social) for assigned portfolio of brands and product categories.
• Curate impactful and meaningful assortments that surprise & delight customers across multple brands and sales channels.
• Maintain the assortment for assigned merchandise categories and building omni channel (digital, social, linear) strategies.
• Own the National Denim category; fostering relationships with Market Vendors such as NYDJ, Driftwood, and Seven7 Jeans, while incubating new partnerships with relevant and customer right brands.
• Develop, negotiate terms, and purchase merchandise that delivers on multiple key performance indictators (i.e., topline sales, sell through, inventory turn, profitability, return rates, customer reviews).
• Analyze item, category, and other relevant sales to follow trends and react based on performance.
• Analyze the productivity of each vendor and category within products of responsibility.
• Evaluate customer-buying behaviors and identify trends, remain curious by seeking to understand what is motivating the customer, leveraging insights to influence go forward strategy and behavior.
• Maintain a high level of product elevation and quality while selecting product.
• Responsible for daily office functions (e.g., maintaining spreadsheets (can write advanced macros), item creation, etc).
• Manage, train, and coach an Assistant Buyer through effective delegation, project management, and real time feedback loop.
• Manage Product Lifecycle from item creation, to issuing purchase orders, processing through Quality Assurance and photography.
• Become a product and brand expert and advocate; understanding what motivates the customer, what each brand means to the cusotmer and to the Company, and leaning into What Needs to be True for each brand to win.
• Establish relationships with internal Design, Technical Design, Sourcing, Quality Assurance, Category production, eCommerce, Legal, Social Marketing, Multi Channel Planning, Sales, and Planning to ensure products are presented to our customer properly.
• Establish and maintain healthy vendor relationships. Responsible for vendor communication, education and preparation.
• Communicate and pitch merchandising strategy and business cases to senior leadership and executives; demonstrate strong oral and written presentation skills, understanding your audience to highlight mission critical information to gain support.

What You Bring

If you enjoy being a part of a team, creating experiences and delighting customers, you'll love it here. If you're excited about retail, media, social, live streaming, technology, customer service, design and more, you'll find amazing projects to work on. If you want to grow professionally and learn every day, you'll thrive with us. If you appreciate a company committed to inclusion and belonging for all, you'll be amazed at what's available for our team members. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package including competitive compensation, health care benefits starting on day 1, 401(k), paid time off, tuition reimbursement, employee assistance program, parental leave, paid volunteer hours, company discounts and much more. Best of all, working with QVC Group means friendly teams, ambitious projects and fast-moving careers!

For QVC Group, our commitment to inclusion and belonging for all is deeply rooted in Our Principles. They call on us to Drive Progress, Act With Empathy, Be Brave, Embrace the Future, and Do What's Right so that everyone can thrive. We are committed to ensuring that our workplace provides equal employment opportunities for all team members and candidates and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. As an equal opportunity employer, QVC Group is committed to a barrier-free employment process. If you need reasonable accommodations / support throughout, please contact us at workwithus@qvcgrp.com for assistance.