Buyer, Hard Goods (Camp)

Job Description

Job Description

At Backcountry, our mission is to connect people to their passions. Our four online stores—Backcountry, Competitive Cyclist, MotoSport and, SteepandCheap—aim to supply our customers with the gear, knowledge, and inspiration necessary to get out there and chase down life’s greatest moments. We do this by providing the biggest and best assortment of premium outdoor products, superior shopping experience, personalized Gearhead expertise, lightning-fast and accurate fulfillment, and inspirational, informative, and community-centered content.

The Buyer, Hardgoods (Camp) plays a critical role on Backcountry’s Merchandising team, curating premium camping products and driving business results across e-commerce and retail channels. This role is highly dynamic, requiring strong vendor relationships, negotiation skills, and sharp merchandising instincts to build compelling assortments. This role is challenging – above and beyond the day-to-day responsibilities, you’ll have a big role within a fast-paced team. This position will report into the Divisional Merchandise Manager - Hardgoods.

What you get to do every day :

• Assortment Building : Sources & assesses merchandise for the Backcountry customer, taking into account market trends as well as current & historical selling history
• Vendor Relationships & Negotiations : Actively fosters / creates vendor relationships, negotiates discounts, terms, and promotional windows
• PO Management : Creates spreadsheets for SKU / PO worksheet creation, builds POs (Qty / Dollar / Style Allocation, Size / Color Breakout) under fast deadlines and ensures submission to vendors
• Promotions : Works closely with the Marketing to create a selling strategy for inventory, brainstorms promotion concepts, identifying types of promotions and building calendar with marketing, reviews and reacts to performance, reviews boosting / sort order for promotions, ensures our assortment is visually merchandised to maximize sales.
• Inventory Management : Reviews SKU / Brand / Category performance for future opportunities, establishes receipt flow, sets sell-through targets, works with Planning on an exit strategy for slow movers. Manages inventory through ASAPs (re-orders) and Edits (order reductions)
• Team Management : ensures utilization and development of Associate and Assistant Buyer(s), works closely with Planning partner and departmental team to ensure all initiatives and goals are met.
• Product development : Work closely with our owned brands product and development teams to build the best in class assortment of private label accessories product.

What you bring to the role :

What our interview process looks like :

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