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The Team:
The Ecommerce Buying team is responsible for managing the European owned and operated calvinklein.com sites across all European markets. The team operates all necessary functions to manage the Ecom business end-to-end. Both brands are growing at a fast pace and have very ambitious growth targets for the coming years.
For the Buying team at CK.com product is everything – from building the strategy to trading the product live on site. We make sure we have the right product at the right time, buying the strongest possible assortment for ck.com. The scope of the Buying team is large, we own the relationship with our brands and need to assure that our vision and product knowledge is translated to all other teams.
Be part of a team that increases brand engagement and consideration in the markets and drives traffic and conversion at full price. You will be a proactive business representative with all stakeholders, internal and external.
The Position:
The Buying Coordinator is an integral part of the E-commerce Buying team and works in close collaboration with the entire team. You are the main support for your divisional areas, working closely with the senior members of your team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Establish a trusted relationship with respective divisions and maintain regular feedback to the divisions on selling performance and relevant data throughout the season.
- Support the team during the Ecommerce buy process including raising orders in SAP, and STO creation, data deep dives, competitor analysis.
- Supporting the launch of new products and monitoring the product on our website.
- Provide directional input to the content team and studio during creative briefs for style guides, looks, features, promotions, newsletter.
- Daily price checks and site checks for all products.
- Partner with planning to analyze weekly sales reports and present key learnings, areas of opportunity and proposed actions during trade meetings.
- Monitor sell-throughs, proposing and executing trading actions in order to improve sales performance.
- Stay in tune with market trends, competitor activity and developments in assigned geographic markets.
- Build and Refresh ad-hoc reports as requested in excel and other tools.
- Support Buying, Management and wider business with ad-hoc queries.
- Booking in the release of deliveries, keeping track of critical path and alerting the team to any delivery issues.
- Working closely with relevant teams to ensure stock is in the right place at the right time.
The Ideal Candidate:
- Minimum of two years working experience.
Excellent system skills: Excel (comfortable using Pivot tables, adding calculated fields and V-lookups) and PowerPoint.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, professional level of English required.
- An excellent work ethic and ability to multi-task.
- Good eye for product, demonstrating commercial awareness with a keen interest in the fashion industry and a consumer-centric mind set.
- Strong numerical and analytical skills.
- A strong eye for detail, great organizational skills and works to a high level of accuracy.
- Ability to work as part of a team as well as being a self-motivated individual.
- Ability to work calmly and efficiently under pressure in a fast-paced demanding environment where teamwork is key.
- Able to work in a multinational company where cultural awareness/sensitivity is important.
Your Wellbeing is Our Priority
In the heart of Amsterdam, PVH is home to the global headquarters of Tommy Hilfiger and the European offices of Calvin Klein.
Wellbeing: exclusive onsite gym and fitness classes, personal training, meditation studio, sports clubs, in-house physio, and receive access to our nutritional and wellbeing programs
Campus: extensive food and beverage offerings, top-notch restaurant, barista coffee bars, sky bar, monthly social events, weekly Thursday drinks, game nights, and campus-themed activities that will keep your social life busy
Develop your career: whether you lead a team or contribute your own expertise, everyone is a leader at PVH. PVH University curates and delivers training programs for you to continuously develop your professional and personal goals
Be at the forefront: stay closely connected to our brands, CALVIN KLEIN and TOMMY HILFIGER, and be a part of seasonal market launches, sample sales and receive employee discounts!
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About PVH:
We are brand builders who focus our passion and creativity to build Calvin Klein and TOMMY HILFIGER into the most desirable lifestyle brands in the world and at the same time position PVH as one of the best-performing brand groups in our sector. Guided by our values and enabled by our scale and global reach, we are driving fashion forward for good, as one team with one vision and one plan. That’s the Power of Us, that’s the Power of PVH+.
One of PVH’s greatest strengths is our people. Our collective desire is to create a workplace environment where every individual is valued, and every voice is heard, and we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community of associates with a strong sense of belonging. Learn more about Inclusion & Diversity at PVH here.
PVH Corp. or its subsidiary ("PVH") is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment on the basis of their individual capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military status or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law. In addition to complying with all applicable laws, PVH is also committed to ensuring that all current and future PVH associates are compensated solely on job-related factors such as skill, ability, educational background, work quality, experience and potential.
