Buyer

Tailored Brands is a leading omnichannel specialty retailer of menswear, including suits, formalwear and a broad selection of business casual offerings. The company aims to help its customers love the way they look and feel for their most important moments by delivering personalized products and services through a convenient network of stores and e-commerce sites. The company’s brands include Men’s Wearhouse, Jos. A. Bank, Moores and K&G Fashion. At Tailored Brands, we value differences and know they make us better. We are always working to make our Company a more diverse, equitable and inclusive (DEI) place to work.

About the Job
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Buyer to join our Merchandising team.  This individual will have responsibility for developing product and customer merchandising strategies that drive product category growth for your assigned brand and product categories. In addition to developing merchandising strategies, this individual is also responsible for delivering or exceeding budgeted volume and profit goals by incorporating competitive intelligence, customer knowledge, fashion expertise and business acumen.  

What You’ll Do | Key Accountabilities 

•    Creates and owns holistic product strategy that meets/exceeds company financial targets
•    Identifies merchandise trends and opportunities, and translates appropriately into realistic merchandise strategies
•    Ensures overall product assortment meets financial plan targets and addresses consumer needs 
•    Develops assortment buy plans and partners with planning team to ensure purchases align with sales targets and omni-channel inventory needs
•    Provides direction and input to design and product development partners, to ensure that overall assortment needs, and specific product attribute requirements are met and supported 
•    Provides direction and input to merchandise financial plans created by planning team
•    Provides clear direction and communication on product strategies to cross-functional partners
•    Develops complete program strategy including pricing, promotional price cadence, markdown plans and timing
•    Manages business to meet company targets on gross margin, sales, sell through, markdowns, inventory levels, and turn
•    Directs merchandise projections and flow schedules to ensure timely and constant flow of merchandise
•    Monitors in-season performance against plan and directs action for improvement as necessary
•    Utilizes end of season analysis and data to optimize seasonal assortments, merchandise flow and promotional plans going forward
•    Partners with Marketing and Store Operations teams to ensure efficient communication related to new product launches, product stories, and promotional and store events 
•    Develops and manages assistant merchant
•    Interacts at all levels with cross-functional team partners to execute business objectives
•    Leads with discretion and autonomy to resolve all issues or obstacles within the scope of work

What You’ll Bring | Skills & Experience

•    Bachelor's degree required
•    10 years’ experience as a successful Retail Merchandise Buyer with a national chain
•    Experience in buying Men’s Apparel preferred
•    Sound analytical, financial, strategic and problem-solving skills
•    Superior communication and organization skills
•    High level of initiative and ability to execute independently with minimal direction
•    Ability to create and maintain a collaborative and dynamic team environment with diverse groups of people
•    Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook) 

Please note that you do not need to qualify for all requirements to be considered. We encourage you to apply if you can meet most of the requirements and are comfortable opening a dialog to be considered.

Work Environment, Physical & Mental Demands
•    Ability to sit and work at a computer keyboard for extended periods of time
•    Ability to stoop, kneel, bend at the waist, and reach daily
•    Able to lift and move up to 25 pounds occasionally
•    Must utilize visual acuity, speech and hearing, hand and eye coordination and manual dexterity necessary to operate a computer and office equipment
•    Hours regularly 40 hours per week, as work dictates, in a hybrid work environment from our Dublin California office
•    Ability to travel

Benefits
This role is eligible for healthcare including medical, dental and vision, retirement savings (401k with a company match), income protection programs such as life, accident and disability insurance, paid time off for sick leave, vacation, bereavement, jury duty, and holidays, wellbeing program, commuter, adoption assistance, education assistance, legal services, and employee merchandise discounts. For more detailed information go to mytbtotalrewards.com. 

Work-Life Balance
We understand the demands of work, school, family, and personal responsibilities.  Through our work-life resources and programs we offer services for every stage of life to help you manage the day-to-day needs.  We offer programs such as: 
•    Meeting-Free Fridays (encouraged) | so you can catch up on work and self-development
•    Summer Fridays | from Memorial Day to Labor Day so you can enjoy a head-start to the weekend
•    Holiday Early Departure | close out early the business day before a company observed holiday  
 
The starting salary for this position is $133,400 – $170,000 and may increase to $190,000 depending on merit, length of service with the Company, and other factors. We take into consideration an individual’s skills, background, and experience in determining final salary.  Other compensation may include a 20% Annual Incentive Plan (AIP) bonus paid out according to policy. Base pay information is based on market location and may be subject to prevailing wage laws, if applicable.

Note: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities or qualifications associated with this job. 

Salary : $133,400 - $170,000