Junior Buyer Retail

**YOUR TALENT**:

- University degree with business degree.
- Minimum 3 years of relevant experience within buying, merchandising, or purchasing.
- Strong MS Office skills.
- Intermediate MS Excel skills Demonstrated reporting and analysis experience.
- SAP experience required.
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong organizational and administration skills.
- Keen interest in Sporting goods industry.

**YOUR MISSION**:
We have a great opportunity for a Junior Buyer Retail to join the team, covering a period of parental leave.

This role is responsible and accountable for supporting the Retail Merchandise team through buy plan maintenance, purchase order entry & follow up, delivery tracking, communication to key stakeholders.

Other responsibilities include:

- Management & creation of Sales Purchase Orders from buy plan to SAP.
- Manage order negotiation & follow up with key stakeholders.
- Order Tracking & reporting, Buy plan updates.
- Monitor & report on OTB (open to buy) status bi-monthly.
- Monitoring stock and inventory for all retail channels, providing early & delayed delivery recommendations based on trade and inventory levels.
- Assist with the preparation of reports for weekly, monthly and post-seasonal meetings.
- Assisting the Merchandise Buying Team with range category and costing analysis.
- Support with system and administration related functions.

PUMA provides equal opportunities for all job applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Equality for all is one of the core principles at PUMA and we do not tolerate any form of harassment or discrimination.

PUMA supports over 21,000 employees across 51 countries. The PUMA Group owns the brand PUMA, Cobra Golf and stichd, and is headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany.