Retail Management / Operations
Senior Buyer Retail Europe
Herzogenaurach, Germany
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Your Talent
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Fashion, or a related field
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in a buying role, ideally within the fashion and/or sports industry
- Exceptional analytical skills with a strong commercial mindset
- Excellent communication and negotiation abilities
- Proven ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Office, and PowerPoint
- Fluent in English.
Your Mission
- Being able to be responsible for a certain category, but also overseeing other categories
- Be part of improving and/or challenging the internal processes within the Retail Buying Team with the goal to be as efficient as possible
- Building great internal relationships and connections
- In partnership with Planner develop seasonal strategy, reviewing and identifying lessons learnt from financial KPIs; Agree targets for sign off with the Head of Planning & Head of Buying
- Range building for Puma Europe FOC Apparel and non- license accessories
- Use range building blocks of fashion ability, revenue vs equity, color, seasonality and price to build a rounded collection that delivers budgeted sales, exceeds consumer expectations and creates impact on the Retail floor and on PUMA.COM
- Build and maintain a knowledge base of markets across Europe for product area of responsibility; Understand how current trends impact categories from a PUMA point of view.
PUMA provides equal opportunities for all job applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Equality for all is one of the core principles at PUMA and we do not tolerate any form of harassment or discrimination.
PUMA supports over 21,000 employees across 51 countries. The PUMA Group owns the brand PUMA, Cobra Golf and stichd, and is headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany.