Buyer Bridal - Hybrid required

The Buyer owns end-to-end merchandising leadership for a category, translating brand and financial strategy into a differentiated, profitable assortment. This role is accountable for strategy formulation and execution, assortment architecture, line building and product development, and financial planning and analysis — bringing customers the target mix of fashion, quality and price while achieving sales, margin and inventory-productivity goals. 

Channel Scope:  Responsibility spans six key routes to market — Bricks, Ecom, Consignment/Shop-in-Shop, Store-in-Store, Marketplace and Wholesale — with the assortment purpose-built and optimized for each channel's economics, customer and role.

STRATEGY FORMULATION & EXECUTION

• Own category vision. Develop the category business strategy and goals in partnership with the Senior Director, identifying growth opportunities and building actionable plans to meet or exceed targets.
• Channel strategy. Define and execute strategy across all six channels, aligning product, price and presentation to each channel's role and margin structure.
• Turn insight into action. Translate market, competitive and trend intelligence into a clear, well-reasoned point of view; present data-driven recommendations in buying and cross-functional forums.
• Go-to-market. Partner with Marketing and Social Media on campaign messaging, launch timing and hero-style selection to drive demand and full-price sell-through.

ASSORTMENT ARCHITECTURE, LINE BUILDING & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

• Build the architecture. Design assortment plans with a clear, intentional price-point architecture (opening / core / aspirational) that maximizes coverage, coordinates across merchandise types and eliminates redundancy.
• Line build. Select and build assortments that hit the target mix of fashion, quality and price, coordinate across categories, and meet the varying needs and preferences of the David's Bridal customer.
• Product development. Partner with Product Development and Design on relevant, on-trend seasonal concepts; review and curate design sketches with an eye to key trends, assortment gaps and volume-driving styles; negotiate cost with source suppliers.
• Channel-right assortments. Tailor assortment depth, breadth and exclusives to each channel — including channel-specific and capsule offers for Marketplace, Wholesale and Shop-in-Shop partners.

FINANCIAL PLANNING & ANALYSIS

• Co-own the financials. Co-own financial goals with Planning — including open-to-buy, SKU rationalization, life-cycle management and promotional strategy — and co-lead monthly projection reviews to manage OTB and reforecast.
• Analyze & act. Analyze the business to drive sales and margin, including monthly Pareto and sell-through analysis, and act on the findings to optimize wins and minimize risks. 
• Inventory productivity. Partner with Planning and Demand Planning to drive turn and GMROI$ to benchmark, using disciplined Pareto analysis, demand-driven inventory flow, in-stock optimization, and proactive life-cycle and liquidation management across all six channels.
• Report & recommend. Build and present clear, data-backed viewpoints and financial recommendations to leadership in buying and cross-functional meetings.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

•  Bachelor's Degree plus 5+ years of related Buying experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
•  Demonstrated command of assortment planning, product development and open-to-buy management; multi-channel or omnichannel merchandising experience strongly preferred.
•  Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel and PowerPoint) and adept at leveraging AI tools to drive efficiency, accelerate analysis and elevate decision-making.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

• Regular store visits as needed.
• Some travel required, 1–2 times per quarter.
•  International travel up to 2x per year (bridal buyer role only).