Buyer - Furniture

Pay Range: $66,904 - 82,961 annually (Plus Incentive)

Job Description: Your Piece of the Puzzle

Nebraska Furniture Mart’s Buyer is responsible for developing line ups, assortment plans and collaborating with the planning team to ensure the department has a range of merchandise that reflects the categories strategic plans and the overall merchandise strategy.

Job Duties: A Day in the Life

• Manage: Ensure pricing is aligned with company pricing strategy, competitive forces and product differentiation.
• Collaborate: Work with the merchandise team to build strategic plans for their department, maximize space allocation and develop merchandise financial plans.
• Analyze: Review competitor analysis and evaluate product direction, price and promotional activity.
• Develop:Create and execute a competitive sales promotion strategy by vendor and category assortment.
• Ensure: Guarantee range assortment and line up are aligned with market and customer expectations.
• Evaluate: Assess vendors in terms of their capabilities and legal compliance.
• Negotiate:Effectively negotiate with vendors, maximizing funding and rebates to minimize costs prices and increase profitability.

Your work will directly impact our ability to help people create a lifestyle they love, for the people they love—because that’s what we love.

Qualifications: Can You Check These Boxes?

• Bachelor’s degree in business, management, related field or equivalent experience
• 2 years buying, re-buying or planning experience
• Strong analytical and financial skills
• Strong negotiating skills
• Knowledge of MS Office Applications
• Ability to work nights, weekends and/or early morning hours based on business needs
• Ability to travel to all store locations on a regular basis.
• Pre-employment screening includes, but isn’t limited to, criminal background check