** Associate Buyer - Christopher and Banks**

**Job Category****:** Merchandising **Requisition Number****:** ASSOC002027 Showing 1 location **Job Details**

**Description**

**ABOUT IMEDIA BRANDS:**

iMedia Brands, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMBI) is a leading interactive media company capitalizing on the convergence of entertainment, ecommerce, and advertising. The company owns a growing global portfolio of Entertainment, Consumer Brands and Media Commerce Services businesses that cross promote and exchange data with each other to optimize the engagement experiences it creates for advertisers and consumers.

**OVERVIEW**

The Associate Buyer (Christopher & Banks) has ownership of their overall business and is accountable to achieve sales and margin objectives for CBK. This includes development and execution of CBK product assortment strategy and management of vendor relationships for a specific category of business to maximize sales and exceed customer expectations.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**

* Plan Christopher & Banks category assortment and develop sales strategy across all media through product sourcing, development, positioning, and pricing, and concept development and management.

* Develop and execute CBK promotional strategy.

* Analyze industry, competitor, and category trends to identify new product opportunities.

* Owned Brand and / or product development and process management as defined by product / buyership strategy.

* Provide appropriate coaching and corrective discipline as needed to address non-compliance issues.

* Provide assessment, training, development, feedback to the team to support individual growth and maintain a positive work environment.

* Develop and maintain vendor relationships and manage vendor performance.

* Communicate and coordinate concept vision and execution with internal support partners.

* Communicate and partner with internal teams.

* Other duties as assigned by manager.

**QUALIFICATIONS / KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES**

* Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience

* 3-5 years of relevant retail merchandising experience preferred

* Home shopping network experience in a merchandising role is preferred

* Outstanding negotiating and communication skills

* Strong leadership skills and management experience preferred

* Able to operate independently and work closely with the buying team and other cross functional teams

* Ability to travel

**CAREER PATH**

Associate Buyer > Buyer > Sr Buyer > Director > VP of Merchandising

iMedia Brands is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities to individuals regardless of sex/gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, national origin, or other protected characteristics as defined by state, federal, or local law.

The individual in this role must be able to perform the essential job functions with or without a reasonable accommodation. In the event that an applicant or employee wishes to seek a reasonable accommodation, please contact iMedias Human Resources department for further direction.

This job description is intended to convey the general nature and scope of the position and not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities as needed, and iMedia management reserves the right to amend the duties and responsibilities of this role at any time to meet business needs.

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