Senior Buyer

Senior Buyer, Forty Five Ten Location: Dallas, Texas | Onsite About Forty-Five Ten Forty-Five Ten is a luxury, multi-brand fashion retailer known for its highly curated assortment of men’s and women’s designer ready-to-wear, jewelry, shoes, accessories, and home, personalized client service and distinctive fashion perspective. The company serves its clientele through stores in Dallas and Fort Worth, along with a growing e-commerce business. As Forty-Five Ten enters its next stage of growth, the company is investing in broader merchandise categories, improved inventory performance and a deeper analytical approach to buying. Position Overview Forty-Five Ten is seeking an experienced Senior Buyer to serve as the company's senior-most leader for buying and merchandising. Reporting directly to the ownership board, the Senior Buyer will have responsibility for the company's buying, merchandising, assortment strategy with fashion direction articulated by the corporate brand team in collaboration with store-level fashion directors. The Senior Buyer will lead assortment planning across the Dallas and Fort Worth stores and e-commerce channel. This individual will evaluate brand, category and product performance; improve sell-through and gross margin; manage inventory investments; and develop seasonal assortments that resonate with established clients while helping the company attract new customers. This role requires a combination of strong luxury-fashion instincts and analytical rigor. The successful candidate will be expected to make decisive merchandising recommendations; challenge legacy buying practices and introduce consistent processes for evaluating performance and adjusting future buys. The Senior Buyer will work in close partnership with the Regional Manager, who separately reports to the ownership board and is responsible for store and e-commerce operations, sales execution, customer experience and team leadership. The Senior Buyer will also collaborate closely with the corporate brand team, store leadership and sales teams to ensure merchandise decisions reflect customer insights and business performance. Key Responsibilities Buying & Merchandising Strategy · Lead the buying and merchandising strategy across the Dallas and Fort Worth stores and e-commerce channel. · Establish a clear seasonal merchandise vision aligned with the Forty-Five Ten brand, customer profile and growth objectives. · Serve as the company's senior functional authority on product assortment, brand mix and category priorities. · Develop balanced assortments that serve loyal customers while creating opportunities to attract new audiences. · Identify emerging designers, trends and categories that complement the company's luxury positioning. · Build merchandise strategies that reflect the distinct needs and performance of each location and sales channel. · Evaluate longer-term merchandise opportunities, including exclusive products, designer collaborations and proprietary offerings, and present recommendations to the ownership board. · Provide the ownership board with a clear point of view on merchandise strategy, and opportunities to strengthen Forty-Five Ten's market position. Financial & Inventory Performance · Develop merchandise plans, seasonal buying budgets and open-to-buy strategies by brand, category, location and channel. · Analyze sales, gross margin, inventory turn, sell-through, markdowns and product performance regularly. · Establish a disciplined cadence for reviewing brand, category and item-level performance. · Conduct post-buy analysis and apply findings to future purchasing and assortment decisions. · Identify underperforming brands, categories and products and take or recommend timely corrective action. · Improve gross margin and inventory productivity while maintaining the quality, exclusivity and fashion perspective expected by…

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