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