Overview

Buyer, Powersports (Ebike & Snowmobile) is responsible for achieving and exceeding the financial goals of their segment(s) by setting and implementing a purchase and assortment plan.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Assortment Selection:  pricing, category/brand mix, and seasonal selection of inventory for Segment(s) managed
  • Vendor Negotiations: discounts, terms, pricing policies, promotional periods, Closeout buys, PO compliance, issues management, image use, price-matching, and special/exclusive buys
  • PO Management: marks vendor catalogs for SKU/PO worksheet creation, building POs (Qty/Dollar/Style Allocation, Size/Color Breakout) and ensures on time submission to vendors, timely management of PO edits, and carries out all PO type builds and maintenance(Preseason, ASAP, Closeout)
  • Promotions: brainstorming/hind-sighting promo concepts and performance, identifying types of promos and building calendar with marketing, picking SKU’s/links and rules pages, reviewing and providing creative briefs, review, QA and approve functionality, review and react to performance, and identifying risks in promotional calendar and building back-ups
  • Pricing: Sets pre-season pricing strategy, sets in-line/in-Season pricing (promo periods, price matching, promotional calendar management), manages end of season price-break dates, communicates all in-season and end of season price breaks to marketing team and is responsible for assignment to the promotional calendar, sets and monitor discount on all Closeout buys, frequently perform competitive analysis on products and makes price suggestions so MotoSport remains competitive
  • Inventory Management:  Works with planning to to develop brand and category growth plans to drive the bottoms-up Open to Buy (OTB).  Hind sighting SKU/Category performance,  Preseason inventory allocation, aggressively pursue Closeout opportunities to fill Closeout OTB,  set in season sell-through targets, pricing strategy for slow movers, moving aged and toxic inventory, closeout inventory, manages Return to Vendor (RTV) and mark-down dollar requests with vendor, and ensures inventory management strategy aligned with company-wide financial goals
  • Online Merchandising: reviews/optimizes PLP and Search pages, oversees the boosting/sort order for responsible brands/categories/segments, review and optimizes site taxonomy and facets, review and manage Bazaarvoice customer reviews, regularly updates homepage promotions
  • P&L Responsibility:  owns revenue, margin, inventory, in-stocks levels and inventory age health
  • Team Management: Works closely with Planning partner and departmental team to ensure all initiatives and goals are met, acts as the liaison between the merch-ops group and  vendors

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None

REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

  • 4-5 years of relevant Industry Merchandising and Buying experience
  • Firm understanding of Retail Math and Fundamentals
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office (proficiency in Excel a must)
  • Able to perform high repetition work and data entry for multiple hours at a time
  • Excellent organizational skills and extreme attention to detail
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Outstanding time management skills
  • Ability to perform under pressure and prioritize competing tasks/initiatives
  • SQL knowledge is a plus

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

  • Willingness and ability to travel to as needed
  • Ability to work consistently through repetitive tasks
  • Firm understanding of Retail Math and Fundamentals
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office (proficiency in Excel a must)
  • Excellent organizational skills and extreme attention to detail
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Outstanding time management skills
  • Ability to perform under pressure and prioritize competing tasks/initiatives

BONUS POINTS

  • Experience working at a medium to large ecommerce company
  • Powersports enthusiast (or at least bike-curious)

About MotoSport.com

Our mission is clear: We exist to ensure powersports enthusiasts never miss a ride.

MotoSport.com is more than a powersports company.  We are a gathering of power sports devotees who ride and wrench like there’s no tomorrow… just like our customers.  Because we ‘re living the moto life, we make sure that we have the right parts and gear for you – whoever you are.  But we wouldn’t be that different from the other guys if we just had a ton of stuff, would we?  So we’ll do you one better: here at MotoSport.com we have a wealth of expert knowledge that comes from experience.  That means our customers get the right parts and gear every time, and we go above and beyond to get it there in time.  At the end of it all, we strive to make people (who aren’t that different from us) happy and satisfied… after all, we know what it’s like to be passionate about powersports, so who better to bring that enthusiasm to life than MotoSport?

We take this concept seriously, both personally and professionally, which for employees translates to careers with growth potential and the ability to take ownership and make an impact daily. Perks such as an excellent gear discount, an annual summer Adventure Contest, summer barbecues, and a pet-friendly, hybrid office culture office make for a fun work environment. MotoSport employees will have the benefit of working with colleagues who are passionate about their careers as well as the outdoors. Benefits include annual bonus eligibility, medical, dental, vision, and disability & life insurance, paid maternity and paternity leave, 401(k) matching, and Flexible Spending or Health Savings Accounts.