Associate Buyer, Retail Job at The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nash

Position Overview: The Associate Buyer plays a key role in developing a product assortment that resonates with guests and generates vital operating revenue for the Museum. This position combines creativity with data-driven decision-making and collaborates closely with cross-functional teams. This role is based at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in downtown Nashville and reports to the Director of Retail. The Associate Buyer does not have supervisory responsibilities.

Specific Job Duties:

• Collaborate with retail leadership to develop product assortment that aligns with customer needs and meets divisional revenue, profit margin, and inventory turnover objectives.
• Responsible for SKU set up, purchase order entry, and maintaining inventory data.
• Ensure product data is up-to-date and accurately synched across systems and sales channels.
• Analyze market trends and identify growth opportunities and risks. Travel to trade shows and vendor meetings with retail team to select merchandise and negotiate pricing and terms.
• Work with a wide variety of product categories, including apparel, accessories, gifts, home, kids, and more.
• Provide sales analysis to retail leadership as needed and offer strategic recommendations and insights to improve profitability.
• Work closely with store managers to communicate and uphold visual merchandising standards and ensure sales staff are equipped with product knowledge.
• Bring positive recognition to CMHOF’s brand through professionalism, enthusiastic attitude and effective communication.
• Represent CMHOF’s core values, emphasizing a positive work environment that is fun and unique.
• Ability to perform other tasks as assigned from time to time by Director of Retail without hesitation.

Minimum Requirements:

• College degree or 2-4 years of relevant experience in multi-store or omni-channel retail

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency in MS Excel
• Experience with retail POS systems and ERP software
• Experience with Shopify e-commerce platform
• Knowledge of retail inventory control processes

Key Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities):

• Ability to multi-task and problem solve
• Upbeat and energetic
• Demonstrates empathy and a sense of ownership, actively striving to make another's experience better
• Strong communication skills (oral, written and presentation)
• Hands-on, initiator, and hard worker
• Detail-oriented
• A team player
• Ethical, honest and accountable
• Punctual and reliable