Retail Buyer - Omni Hotels & Resorts

Overview

Omni Hotels and Resorts creates genuine, authentic guest experiences at 60 distinctive luxury hotels and resorts in leading business gateways and leisure destinations across North America. Omni Hotels is known for its exemplary culture, authenticity to the markets in which we operate, innovation and exceptional service.  Our commitment to career development has created tenure and loyalty that enables us to perpetuate our family atmosphere.

Job Description

The Retail Buyer will merchandise the Omni Hotel & Resorts retail locations with an opportunistic approach while maximizing opportunities through skillful inventory management. Individual should have solid financial skills, be decisive, have a good sense of urgency, and thrive in an ever changing environment. This position will produce sales growth and exceed financial objectives through creative and trending product assortment.

Responsibilities

• Merchandising/Buying, assorting appropriately by market while having a consistent message that is in line with the Omni brand and its customer’s values. • Develop and maintain monthly property Merchandising Plans (Sales, Receipts, On Order, Markdowns, etc) • Regularly reviewing key performance indicators to maximize category performance. • Managing plans for stock levels, reorders and markdowns. • Developing and managing a dialogue with each properties manager/supervisors to gain product feedback to ensure that product supply meets demand. • Maintaining relationships with existing vendors and sourcing new suppliers for future products; negotiating terms. • Develop both short and long term strategies and execute effectively for each category managed • Attend various markets and vendor presentations to select and assemble new collections of products.

Qualifications

• Individual should have good people and communication skills and a passion for retail, a high energy level, flexible, resilient, and positive. • Candidate must have minimum of 3-5 years of previous buying experience. • Up to date on trends • Strategic Financial & Product Planning • Managing and Measuring Work • Customer Focus • Conflict Management • Written Communications • Travel to include buying trips, and quarterly site visits. • Approx 30% Travel.

Omni Hotels & Resorts is an equal opportunity employer - vets/disability. The EEO is the Law poster and its supplement are available using the following links: EEOC is the Law Poster and the following link is the OFCCP's Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination policy statement If you are interested in applying for employment with Omni Hotels & Resorts and need special assistance to apply for a posted position, please send an email to applicationassistance@omnihotels.com.