Hudson’s Bay Company Hiring for The Bay – Buyer, Kids at Toronto, Ontario Full Time

The Buyer, Kids is responsible for developing and executing merchandise strategies to deliver sales and gross margin goals through focused merchandise assortments, marketing and pricing strategies, and merchandise management. This position ensures merchandise is purchased to maximize results while enhancing the overall department and company strategy. This position works closely with the management team and merchandise planning teams to significantly improve the profitability and maximize shareholder value.

Who Are You:

• You take initiative in driving business results and are comfortable and confident in making effective decisions in a timely manner
• You have strong verbal and written communication skills
• You enjoy working in a collaborative environment and leveraging cross-functional partnerships
• A respected and proven leader who enjoys team development, mentoring others and fostering opportunities for growth

You Also Have:

• BFA or BA in Fashion Merchandising, Business, or related field preferred
• Must have 4-6 years of experience in a buying capacity, overseeing both the creative and financial aspects of merchandising
• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• Strong business and financial analysis skills
• Proven ability to create and execute a sound business strategy.
• Ability to build / maintain strong Vendor partnerships.
• Willingness to travel, including overseas.

As Buyer, Kids you will:

• Executes vendor selection, develops strong vendor relationships, monitors industry trends, evaluates competition, and attend major markets
• Executes the merchandise strategy, completes top level seasonal buys to ensure optimal productivity by style, and reacts to trends in-season
• Understand nuances of the .com business and executes appropriate merchandising strategy for differing retail channels
• Partners with Planner to develop the assortment matrix
• Works with Planning team to analyze class, vendor and replenishment assortment both at the top line level and by door

What You Can Expect:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Associate discount up to 40% including top brands
• Flexible work environment that allows for work-life balance

As North America’s oldest startup and Canada’s purpose-driven digital marketplace, The Bay is on a high-growth mission to rewrite the rules of retail to help Canadians live a colourful life. If you believe in the power of our iconic brand and thrive on problem solving at scale, we want you to join our team.

At The Bay, smart, high-performing team members will challenge you to learn and grow every day. We value ambitious work and great ideas grounded in data and insights. We are looking for talented people who love a fast-paced environment, embrace change and are looking to make an impact with groundbreaking ideas.

We are building a digital-first company and brand for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to reach our potential. We strongly encourage applications from everyone to come and join a winning team that supports diverse thinking and demonstrates innovation, energy, creativity and vision every day.

Thank you for your interest with HBC. We look forward to reviewing your application.
HBC provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, HBC complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
HBC welcomes all applicants for this position. Should you be individually selected to participate in an assessment or selection process, accommodations are available upon request in relation to the materials or processes to be used.