GET YOUR CAREER COOKING

BUYER

Cooking.com offers opportunities for growth and a dynamic work environment.  25% of the employees were promoted in 2007!

Do you want to use your Buyer experience and success in developing assortments to drive sales growth on our B2C etailer website?

Cooking.com provides a competitive compensation package that includes strong benefit options.  Full-time employees are eligible for immediate health coverage, 15 days of paid time off, 12 paid holidays, company-paid life and disability insurance, health club discounts, flexible spending program, 401(k) plan, paid parking, discount on Cooking.com merchandise, and other perks:

35% employee discount at cooking.com (45% during November)

          Free standard shipping for employee purchases (5 per year)

          Free quarterly car wash

Eight free movie tickets per calendar year

          $20 birthday gift card

          Carpool subsidy

          And more!

Duties:

Increase Category sales by analyzing product trends and historical data, including sales, margin and inventory utilization.

Select productive merchandise assortments that fit customer needs and search requests

Drive increased category sales through assortment and promotion, and regularly monitor assortment productivity

Create promotions and theme ideas to support marketing vehicles including online search, email campaigns, and print catalogs

Participate in developing newsletter and catalog assortments and content

Negotiate vendor terms and maintain relationships

Responsible for obtaining new product details for new item set-up

Collaborate with inventory management, production and marketing teams to manage site merchandising (promotions, special collections, department landing pages, etc.)

Generate weekly and monthly sales updates

Achieve quarterly financial targets (sales and margin)

Special projects as assigned

Requirements:

Minimum 5 years retail buying experience, preferably within the housewares category

Bachelors degree a plus

Trend analysis

Strong sales initiative

Strong planning and financial skills

Intermediate Excel skills

Catalog buying experience a plus

TO APPLY PLEASE EMAIL RESUME TO:

jobs@cooking.com

with BUYER in the subject line

Founded in 1998 and located in Santa Monica, CA, with 110 employees cooking.com is the leading online marketplace for the kitchen, and now operates five uniquely branded websites:

www.cooking.com

www.foodnetworkstore.com

www.StarbucksStore.com

www.pillsburystore.com

www.bettycrockerstore.com

Cooking.com offers its customers access to over 90,000 products for the kitchen as well as recipes, menus, articles and a growing library of user-generated cooking content and online tools.

We have a dedicated team filled with passion and drive for being the leading Internet marketplace for the kitchen while creating a dynamic and fun work environment.

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TO APPLY EMAIL RESUME TO:

jobs@cooking.com

with BUYER in the subject line