Senior Buyer - Lingerie & Intimates

<p><strong>ABOUT US</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.fashionnova.com/">Fashion Nova</a> is the world’s leading trend-to-market fashion and lifestyle brand with high-growth categories across its Women, Men, Kids and Beauty divisions. Renowned for delivering the most-wanted styles to millions worldwide, <a href="https://www.fashionnova.com/">Fashion Nova</a> earned the title of the Top 5 Most-Searched Fashion Brand on Google in 2022, alongside Louis Vuitton and Nike.</p> <p>Founder &amp; CEO Richard Saghian launched the brand in 2006, from a retail location in Los Angeles. After multiple store openings, Saghian launched the e-commerce website for <a href="https://www.fashionnova.com/">Fashion Nova</a> in 2013, pioneering a disruptive social commerce model of affordable, on-trend, size-inclusive clothing online– powered by an innovative, social media-first marketing strategy.</p> <p>Today, Fashion Nova has amassed over 40 million social media followers, with annual sales of approximately $2 billion!</p> <p>The brand’s name has been featured in chart-topping hit songs by Cardi B, Drake, 21 Savage, Saweetie, The Game, Tyga and Offset and its styles have been worn by many celebrities, artists and athletes including Meg The Stallion, Ice Spice, Chris Brown, Floyd Mayweather, Rick Ross,&nbsp;Kourtney Kardashian, and Kylie Jenner.</p> <p><strong>ROLE OVERVIEW</strong></p> <p>Under the guidance of the Division / Category Director, you as a Senior Buyer, focused on our lingerie &amp; intimates category, will work to create the appropriate merchandise mix based on emerging trends and manage the assortment strategies established by your team leaders. You will also be responsible for managing your category product assortment and delivering on financial targets. Your role is essential to ensuring Fashion Nova has the best product offerings for our customers.</p> <p><strong>KEY RESPONSIBILITIES</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Drive Assortment Strategy: </strong>Develop and execute buying strategies to curate trend-driven product assortments that align with customer preferences and seasonal trends, while achieving optimal SKU count and balancing newness vs. replenishment inventory</li> <li><strong>Trend Forecasting:&nbsp;</strong>Stay ahead of fashion trends by conducting market research, keeping a pulse runway trends, and analyzing social media and competitors to ensure a competitive and forward-thinking product mix. Utilize research to work with in-house production team and suppliers to drive on-trend newness</li> <li><strong>Cost Negotiation &amp; Margin Optimization: </strong>Lead pricing negotiations with suppliers to secure the best cost structures while maintaining prod