Senior Buyer - Heath & Fitness Products

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Job Snapshot
Location:
Hampton Roads, VA 23320
Employee Type:
Full-Time
Industry:
Exercise - Fitness
Internet - ECommerce
Sales - Marketing
Manages Others:
Not Specified
Job Type:
Purchasing - Procurement
Retail
Marketing
Education:
4 Year Degree
Experience:
At least 5 year(s)
Travel:
Negligible
Post Date:
10/30/2009
Contact Information
Contact:
Darla Lacey
Description

TGIB Marketing Inc. (D/B/A RockBottomGolf.com) is a leading internet retailer. RockBottomGolf.com is the third highest trafficked golf endemic website in the world. Founded in 2002, TGIB Marketing has achieved fantastic growth and we are now positioned to develop new sporting goods markets (RockBottomSports.com). We are actively looking for an experienced and highly motivated individual to develop our new health & fitness category.

 

This individual will be responsible for the procurement and merchandising of health & fitness gear on multiple internet sales channels. Buyer is responsible for achieving revenue, profit margin, inventory turnover, site merchandising and promotional goals. Once category is developed, candidate will manage 1-3 junior buyers.

 

Location: Rochester, NY (corporate) -OR- Hampton Roads, VA (distribution center)

 

Reports To: CEO

 

Essential Functions:

  

·         Manages Site taxonomy and product placement on the site

  

·         Develop merchandise assortments by category and continually evaluate, analyze, and adjust these assortments

·         Vendor relations to include selection, negotiation, communication, and partnership development

·         Open-to-Buy, pricing, and markdown management

·         Analyze, forecast, and interpret market and consumer trends

 

 

Requirements


Skills

  

·         Excellent negotiating skills

·         Strong analytical skills

·         Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

·         Strong verbal and written communication skills

·         Problem solving and creativity in merchandising

·         Proficient in email, Excel and MS Word

·         HTML

 

Education: Bachelors Degree

 

Experience: 5+ Years retail buying experience in the Health & Fitness field

 

Please submit all resumes or forward any questions to [Click Here to Email Your Resumé].

 

 

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