Buyer, Food & Beverage Procurement

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Buyer (Fresh Food)
Full-time
Buying / Merchandising
Education
Join our Support Center and be a pivotal resource to our field and distribution teams —where innovation, cross-functional collaboration, and career growth come together in an exciting environment!
As the Buyer (Fresh Food) you will beresponsible for procuring, developing, and managing effective merchandise assortments to achieve the sales, margin, and turnover targets for his/her respective buying areas. In partnership with their DVP and respective Planner, the Buyer will create the appropriate merchandise mix and develop category and supplier strategies based on emerging market trends, seasonality, and customer demographics.
Schedule: Monday – Friday, Weekends as needed, 40-50 hours per week
Job Type: Full-time
WHSmith is a leading global travel retailer with over 1,700 stores across 30 countries worldwide.WHSmith North America, incorporating Marshall Retail Group (MRG) and InMotion, represents over half of the Company’s international store estate, with a collection of attractive, successful specialty retail stores located in airports and resorts across North America.

• Employer-Paid Life Insurance
• Flex Time Off
• Disability Insurance
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Develop and execute merchandise assortment strategies to meet or exceed the financial goals

Product development as needed in accordance with the respective brands, departments, and concepts.
Analyze business at division, department, class, subclass, attribute, and store level.
Create and maintain open lines of communication with Planner, Store Managers, Regional Managers and other co-workers.
Prepare for and participate in regular Merchandising meetings such as Weekly Performance Meetings, Month End Review / OTB meetings, Collaboration meetings, New Store Review meetings, etc.
Develop seasonal trend presentations and participate in seasonal workshops to educate the field organization (applicable by merchandise category).
Visit our stores (including visits on location as requested) to evaluate assortments, presentations, stock levels, marketing, customers, and obtain feedback from store personnel. hiring, terminations, performance management, training and coaching of departmental staff.
3+ years of experience in logo, private label, or fashion buying experience with a multi-unit retail organization.

• 1+ years of supervisory experience in field or retail home office.
• Product development and assortment planning experience required.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Strong command of merchandising and retail math, including Open-to-Buy (OTB) management.
• Advanced computer skills, including Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and experience with a merchandising software platform.

Limited travel or overnight
Occasional travel or overnight
Frequent travel or overnight; including international
Can distinguish varying or specific colors, patterns, or materials
Fluency in English is required for training, customer interactions, and ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures
Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin/ancestry, age, gender identity, gender expression, military/veteran status, marital status, disability status or any other basis prohibited by law.