Manager Buying, Timepieces

2 weeks ago

Montréal, Canada Maison Birks Full time

Dreaming of working for a Canadian luxury brand rich in history? Ready to join a fun & fast-paced environment with opportunities to grow?

Since 1879, **Birks** has been a luxury jeweler renowned not only for our quality, exclusivity, and uniqueness of our creations, but also for our unparalleled excellence of our service.

As the **Buying Manager for Timepieces and Jewelry Brands**, you will report directly to the Senior Director, Timepieces & Jewelry Brands and collaborate closely with the Planning and Brand Management teams. Your primary focus will be on maximizing sales, seizing growth opportunities, and minimizing risk while achieving key financial KPIs. By effectively overseeing vendor performance, you will play a crucial role in driving business success. You will excel as a team player, leveraging excellent interpersonal skills and in-depth product knowledge of various brands. Your responsibilities will encompass managing replenishment and reviewing open-to-buy, analyzing inventory opportunities and challenges, building strong relationships with retailers and vendors, and overseeing receipt management for third-party brands.

In this role, you will simultaneously manage multiple initiatives, including but not limited to:
Store assortment & Allocation
- Maintain product assortment by store based on performance and allocated space
- Analyze product mix to provide a consistent and relevant value proposition to the customer, identifying opportunities and gaps within the store assortment
- Participate in Line reviews and stock balancing exercises
- Maintain a consistent dialogue with the Retail team to understand the market, identify customer and store needs

Procurement
- Analyze in stock position and product assortment by store
- Identify replenishment needs based on sales and inventory levels and place weekly/monthly orders while respecting the OTB
- Work closely with the Planner to create and update product procurement schedule
- Responsible for Vendor Relations - compliance, vendor billing reconciliation and return to vendors
- Responsible of follow up with vendors on late orders and update anticipate dates on orders according to ETAs

Customer Service
- Collaborate with Brand management, Retail, Wholesale and E-Commerce teams to provide insightful analysis driving merchandising strategies

Join the Birks Group if you want to be part of a heritage, iconic brand. We offer an inclusive company culture with a flexible, hybrid schedule, a comprehensive benefits package, tele-medicine, Birks University - accessibility to a variety of trainings and an employee discount program.

If you’re ready TO SHINE & have a minimum of **3-5 years **of experience in a buying leadership role (preferably within a retailer), a Bachelor’s degree in business administration, fashion or any other relevant Degree and exceptional analytical & negotiation skills then we would absolutely love to hear from you.

**Birks Where Individuality Shines Bright**

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