Trainee| Buying Operations

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.