Job Description

: The Opportunity: Join our world's class QVC Group organization and drive the Accessories and Handbags assortment for both QVC and HSN! In this role you will lead a team of merchants to support key assortment such as handbags (brands include Dooney and Bourke, Lugg, and many more) along with Fashion accessories including cold wear, belts, and eye care. Your Impact:

• Develop and execute multi-platform short and mid-range buying plans that meet or exceed the financial goals.
• Develop multi-platform plans that will deliver sales, productivity, adjusted gross margin, TSV/TS achievement rates and inventory plans. Identify areas of growth while managing areas of risk.
• Execute the vision for Buying area. · Identify and develop new products and brands that will deliver the Buying area strategy.
• Seek and analyze data from a variety of sources to support decisions.
• Drive innovation. Develop an entrepreneurial and creative approach to developing new, innovative ideas that will deliver results. Accelerate product discovery. Lean into emerging categories and product adjacencies.
• Set and deliver clear goals while committing to the buying area improved performance.
• Curate unique products and assortments and develop storytelling that illustrates a product's features by way of its benefits and show how product will impact the customer's life
• Develop talent, delegate effectively, celebrate diversity within the team and manage performance. Develop skills and knowledge needed for high performance guided by the learning plans.
• Manage vendor relationships. Effectively conduct vendor negotiations that best supports business objectives.
• Develop strong relationships with Category Strategy and Business Development and Product Development Teams to execute business and product strategies.

What You Bring:

• You hold a bachelor's Degree or equivalent business experience. Ideally, we are looking for at minimum, five years' experience in a Retail Buying environment with strong leader skills to lead a buying team.
• You have strong presentation skills to present to vendors, leadership and key stakeholders.
• You have strong experience leading national brands and exercising product development consult to drive assortment.
• You are comfortable with coming into the office 6 days per month or whenever is needed to support the business with key strategy meetings.

#LI-KC1 #Hybrid If you enjoy being a part of a team, creating experiences and delighting customers, you'll love it here. If you're excited about retail, media, social, live streaming, technology, customer service, design and more, you'll find amazing projects to work on. If you want to grow professionally and learn every day, you'll thrive with us. If you appreciate a company committed to inclusion and belonging for all, you'll be amazed at what's available for our team members. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package including competitive compensation, health care benefits starting on day 1, 401(k), paid time off, tuition reimbursement, employee assistance program, parental leave, paid volunteer hours, company discounts and much more. Best of all, working with QVC Group means friendly teams, ambitious projects and fast-moving careers! For QVC Group, our commitment to inclusion and belonging for all is deeply rooted in Our Principles. They call on us to Drive Progress, Act With Empathy, Be Brave, Embrace the Future, and Do What's Right so that everyone can thrive. We are committed to ensuring that our workplace provides equal employment opportunities for all team members and candidates and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. As an equal opportunity employer, QVC Group is committed to a barrier-free employment process. If you need reasonable accommodations/support throughout, please contact us at workwithus@qvcgrp.com for assistance.

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