Job Description

Trainee, Buying Operations


What This Position Is All About:


Help Saks deliver high-quality, trend-right, and luxury merchandise to our Store and Online customers! By performing various supply chain related tasks, you will make sure the right products are at the stores at the right time. You’ll also work with a wide range of Buyers & Planners from Saks U.S and Canada headquarters and world-renowned Brands to turn ideas into great merchandise.


Who You Are:

Generates a variety of approaches to problem solving including and new and novel ideas
Comfortable with change and challenging convention.
Inspires others with their vision and sense of purpose
Build Morale and spirit of the team, Shares wins and success.
You also have:


Setup Item Master Data in Saks internal systems
Creation and maintenance of Purchase Orders using in-house tools
Transmission of Purchase Orders to the vendors
Work with Buying Offices, Planners and Vendors
Creation and documentation of best practices
Liaison between US Buying offices, vendors and Leadership team
Maintain workflow dashboard and reporting of business metrics
Other specific tasks and special projects assigned

As the Trainee, Buying Operations, you will:


Strong written and oral communication skills
Sense of urgency, flexibility, and ability to multi-task are desired traits
Detail oriented with good organizational and clerical skills
Able to work independently with little supervision
The successful candidate must be a proactive self-starter with a dynamic and resilient nature able to work and lead in a fast-paced.
He/she will possess average communication and interpersonal skills in order to engage with stakeholders across the business and provide critical input to business teams
This individual will have a demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously with strict adherence to deadlines and routine problem solving with a willingness to learn

How Often You May Travel:

NA

Your Life and Career at Saks:


Be a part of a world-class team; work with an adventurous spirit; think and act like an owner- operator!
Exposure to rewarding career advancement opportunities, from retail to supply chain, to digital or corporate.
A culture that promotes a healthy, fulfilling work/life balance

Job Qualifications
Thank you for your interest in Saks. We look forward to reviewing your application.


Saks provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability

Saks welcomes all applicants for this position. Should you be individually selected to participate in an assessment or selection process, accommodations are available upon request in relation to the materials or processes to be used.

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