Assistant Buyer Jobs

Job Summary
The Assistant Buyer supports the Buyer with merchandise selection, pricing, and business analysis with the goal of meeting or exceeding sales, margin and turn targets. An Assistant Buyer schedules and tracks purchase orders and works cross-functionally to resolve delivery issues accordingly. An Assistant Buyer partners with Assistant Planners to analyze business trends.
Key Roles And Responsibilities

• Facilitates vendor set-up
• Input/track orders and resolve delivery issues through cross-functional communication with direct sourcing, vendors, distribution centers
• Manage visual initiatives including tables, vignettes & endcaps
• Promote teamwork within the Merchant Team through daily communication, interaction and sharing of best practices with peers
• Collaborate with Assistant Planner on replenishment/reorder analysis
• Provide ad hoc analysis (post-mortem, SKU/category productivity, etc.) and summarize findings to support assortment planning, merchandise financial planning and/or allocation strategy development
• Create and input purchase orders into system; manage purchase order log
• Comp shop and recap results for the buying/planning team
• Assist with assortment decisions for visual initiatives (vignettes, endcaps, feature tables, etc.)
• Understands and clearly communicate to vendor partners the guidelines of the ticketing and domestic/import shipping manuals
• Support Buyer in building out the assortment and buy plans
• Assist Buyer with Company and vendor meeting preparation
• Support buyer in identifying business opportunities and/or risks in the assortment
• Item management support (case-pack, cube, extended attributes)
• Serves as point person for marketing content & submissions; review/proof advertising layouts for design, content and pricing and communicate with marketing department

Qualifications And Competencies

• Is flexible and adaptable to changing priorities
• Communicates effectively at all levels internally and with vendors
• 1-2 years prior experience in retail
• Builds and maintains productive relationships with peers and cross-functional teams
• Creates all necessary analysis based on trends and reviews
• Demonstrates strong listening, written and oral communication skills
• Exhibits strong trend and pattern recognition skills
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required
• Able to work in fast paced environment, multi-task, organize and prioritize workload to meet deadlines
• Demonstrates strong analytical / problem solving skills and is detail oriented
• Possesses a clear understanding of the target customer, supplier base and competitors
• Demonstrates initiative in exposing and resolving issues and opportunities

Type : Exempt
When you’re a part of our team, you have the full support of a diverse, close-knit team in our stores. We consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, marital or military status. We also provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local law. At Home is committed to knitting diversity and inclusion into the fabric of our culture; we respect, appreciate, and celebrate the experiences and qualities that differentiate everyone on the At Home team.
About Us
When you’re a part of our team, you have the full support of a diverse, close-knit team in our stores. We consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, marital or military status. We also provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local law. At Home is committed to knitting diversity and inclusion into the fabric of our culture; we respect, appreciate and celebrate the experiences and qualities that differentiate everyone on the At Home team.