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CCS is an iconic brand in skateboarding and street inspired fashion. Founded in 1985 as a mail order company with an annual catalog circulation of 10+ million, we purchased CCS from Foot Locker in 2014 and transformed it into a digital first business that is now one of the largest and fastest growing action sports ecommerce companies in the United States.
Our growth has been fueled by significant investments in product customization technologies, growing partnerships with leading branding and artists, a focus on original content creation and storytelling, and our CCS+ loyalty program.
CCS has 55+ employees and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.
As the CCS Hard Goods Buyer, you would be responsible for all skate hard goods and longboard buying. The vast majority of your time would be focused on skate hard goods.
The position reports to the president of CCS.
While we are headquartered in Portland, remote applicants are encouraged to apply. Several of our coworkers work remotely.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Select the merchandise offering and negotiate with vendors
• Work with the planning team to develop vendor and category budgets and manage an open-to-buy
• Create parts and build purchase orders
• Work closely with our marketing and merchandising teams to identify marketing opportunities, provide guidance on retail store assortment planning, and participate in planning and coordinating our seasonal (physical) catalog issues
• Monitor performance and identify in-season and longer term trend opportunities
• Source new vendor-partner opportunities that align with our category strategies
• Communicate with vendors to resolve issues and facilitate marketing programs
• Attend trade shows and events
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
· Bachelor’s degree
· 4+ years of professional buying experience
· Passion for and expertise in skateboarding
· Demonstrated leadership and decision making skills
· Comfort being self-directed and self-motivated
· Retail math literacy and application of concepts to daily operations
· Strong merchandising, product, and analytical skills
· Proficient in Excel
· Strong written and verbal communication skills
· Highly detail oriented and organized
· Able to effectively communicate with all levels of staff and management
· Ambitious and creative
Our growth has been fueled by significant investments in product customization technologies, growing partnerships with leading branding and artists, a focus on original content creation and storytelling, and our CCS+ loyalty program.
CCS has 55+ employees and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.
As the CCS Hard Goods Buyer, you would be responsible for all skate hard goods and longboard buying. The vast majority of your time would be focused on skate hard goods.
The position reports to the president of CCS.
While we are headquartered in Portland, remote applicants are encouraged to apply. Several of our coworkers work remotely.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Select the merchandise offering and negotiate with vendors
• Work with the planning team to develop vendor and category budgets and manage an open-to-buy
• Create parts and build purchase orders
• Work closely with our marketing and merchandising teams to identify marketing opportunities, provide guidance on retail store assortment planning, and participate in planning and coordinating our seasonal (physical) catalog issues
• Monitor performance and identify in-season and longer term trend opportunities
• Source new vendor-partner opportunities that align with our category strategies
• Communicate with vendors to resolve issues and facilitate marketing programs
• Attend trade shows and events
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
· Bachelor’s degree
· 4+ years of professional buying experience
· Passion for and expertise in skateboarding
· Demonstrated leadership and decision making skills
· Comfort being self-directed and self-motivated
· Retail math literacy and application of concepts to daily operations
· Strong merchandising, product, and analytical skills
· Proficient in Excel
· Strong written and verbal communication skills
· Highly detail oriented and organized
· Able to effectively communicate with all levels of staff and management
· Ambitious and creative