Associate Buyer

Role Specific Information

Job Description

About the Role

As Associate Buyer you will create and drive a customer-obsessed product merchandising vision and business strategy to meet sub-category goals. You will be accountable for the end-to-end execution of product vision for National and Proprietary brands. As a key partner to Design, you will also own and drive the intersection of product innovation and commercialization.

What You'll Do

• Own product strategy and buying decisions for National and Proprietary brands
• Incorporate customer insights, competition, category trends and hindsight to set overarching category assortment vision into business strategy
• Accelerate consumer insights and drive innovation to make bold trade-offs to maximize sub-categories and brands
• Partner with store experience team to ensure optimal floor plan creation that reflects customer-facing execution of assortment vision
• Lead pricing strategy; partner with strategic pricing team to set pricing plans to realize margin targets
• Guide Assistant Merchants in the execution and season management of pricing, strategy and product selection process for Marketing, and strategy development for First Insight testing
• Identify markdowns by event and guide Assistant Merchants in the execution of markdowns
• Lead and guide Assistant Merchants in the execution of digital experience strategy
• Meet KPIs including Sales performance, Merchandise Gross Margin performance and Turnover Performance to Profit and Loss, Customer Choice Metric and Change Management
• Additional tasks may be assigned

What Skills You Have

Required

• Consumer obsession
• Strong product acumen and strategic mindset focused on curating relevant assortments and product stories
• Attention to detail
• Curiosity, flexibility and resiliency
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills
• Excellent strategic and analytical skills to deliver growth
• Market, Localization and Trend travel are required

Essential Functions

The requirements listed below are representative of functions you will be required to perform, however you may be required to perform additional functions. Kohl's may revise this job description at any time. To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, absent undue hardship.

• Ability to perform the accountabilities listed in the "What You'll Do" Section
• Ability to comply with dress code requirements
• Basic math and reading skills, legible handwriting, and basic computer operation
• Ability to maintain prompt and regular attendance and meet scheduling requirements as set by the company
• Ability to learn and comply with all company policies, procedures, standards and guidelines
• Ability to receive, understand and proactively respond to direction from leadership and other company personnel
• Ability to work as part of a team and interact effectively and appropriately with others
• Ability to maintain composure and work in a fast paced environment while accomplishing multiple tasks within established timeframes
• Ability to satisfactorily complete company training programs
• Ability to use a personal computer for tasks such as communicating, preparing reports, etc.
• Ability to plan, prioritize and monitor activities across business units
• Ability to complete or oversee the completion of assigned projects in a timely manner