Bodybuilding.com
Buyer, Promotional Planner
Posted 25 days ago
Job Description
Values:
Respect & Integrity You are honest and ethical, and demand the same from others
Accountability You demand accountability from yourself and others; you seek constructive feedback and openly provide feedback to others
Results Focused You consistently look to add value
Continuous Improvement You learn from successes and failures, and impalement improvement based on those learnings
What Youll Love About Us:
Respect & Integrity You are honest and ethical, and demand the same from others
Accountability You demand accountability from yourself and others; you seek constructive feedback and openly provide feedback to others
Results Focused You consistently look to add value
Continuous Improvement You learn from successes and failures, and impalement improvement based on those learnings
What Youll Love About Us:
- Who We Are: https://youtu.be/smZrTVZ2bj0
- Health Benefits: Bodybuilding.com provides comprehensive medical, dental, wellness, and vision plans for you and your family
- Financial and Savings Programs: Whether its flexible spending or competitive retirement plans, we work with you to capitalize on total compensation now and into the future
- Work-Life balance and more: To ensure work-life balance, we offer paid and volunteer time off, access to discounts and an amazing onsite fitness center
- Global Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging: We fully embrace and advance a diverse, inclusive global workforce with a culture of belonging that leverages the backgrounds of all to cultivate a higher performing organization
- Check out Careers YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5aqJSIWQHtO65LVUz3OzYA
- Stay up to date with the most current info at Bodybuilding.com HQ; follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bodybuilding-com/
- Our Mission:
We aspire to make fitness simple, accessible and convenient to empower all people to change their lives
Job Summary:
The Buyer, Promotional Planner will partner with Category Management and Site Merchandising to drive customer engagement and deliver financial results. The Buyer will assist in the creation, management and execution of end to end sales, gross margin and inventory strategies to hit Company sales plans. This person will collaborate with the Category team to ensure the seasonal, global assortment meets the Bodybuilding.com customer and business needs. Drive web management - managing product features, category sorts and seasonal flow strategies that drive customer engagement on site. The Buyer is responsible for brands within their portfolio. This person will spend the majority of his or her time analyzing promotional pricing impacts and maintaining inventory and supply chain processes through two fulfillment centers, including ordering new product(s), maintaining current and ongoing product(s) and resolving issues with purchase orders.
A Day in the life:
- Work closely with Category Management team to ensure supply and projected demand are in line
- Work with vendors and suppliers effectively to procure supply
- Maintain and build quality relationships with partners and cross functional teams
- Ensure proper inventory levels and proactively plan to recover from shortfalls
- Communicate with accounts payable for invoice reconciliation
- Manage and analyze inventory for all locations while using an inventory and replenishment tool
- Manage daily PO projections, inventory, and supply chain reports
- Coordinate with manufacturing and manage individual components as appropriate
- Analyzing promotional pricing and performance for improvement opportunities
Who you are:
- Must be analytical and have a strong foundation in statistics, forecast management, buying fundamentals
- Demonstrated knowledge of buying, supply chain, and promotional pricing
- Must be passionate about customer service
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Proactive planner
- Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal
- Strong computer skills (Excel/Word/Internet navigation)
- Excellent follow-up and documentation skills
- Ability to communicate between several departments on projects as well as day-to-day operations
- A passion for fitness and a healthy lifestyle with knowledge of the dietary supplement industry and insight into the latest trends preferred
- Bachelors degree in business, supply chain, finance or related field OR equivalent education, training, experience buying/supply chain
- Minimum of 2 years buying and or planning experience
- Manufacturing or Dietary Supplement buying experience is preferred