Senior Assistant Buyer - Women's
The Sr. Assistant Buyer supports the daily purchasing of items for a specific division's sub-category. Reporting directly to the division's Buyer or Sr. Buyer and working alongside other Sr. Assistant Buyers. Ensure accuracy in the ordering process (Buying) while facilitating communication between vendors and the corresponding buyers.
Responsibilities
- Build, maintain and analyze reports to support the business
- Retail Math : understand concepts and impact to business
- Understand how financial levers connect to impact business
- Audits item set-up, approves content
- Creates purchase orders / work orders for flagship and stores
- Validates set and ship dates, and vendor information
- Cross Functional Collaboration and establish external partnerships
- Turns in marketing samples, manages on-time arrival, audit of weekly marketing
- Enters marketed item in ad tracker, updates store counts
- Conducts digital inventory audit
- Provides input on pricing determinations and keys pricing and signing for flagship and stores
- Understand impact of change in pricing events
- Assists Buyer with building assortment plan, category history and market share analysis
- Set Sells & Fixture Placement : knowledge of fixture capacity, signage guidance, presentation standards
- Systems knowledge Excel, EPPFC, RMS Order, RMS Item Inquiry, RMS EcommManagement, Other systems as needed
Qualifications
College degree or equivalent business experience3+ years retail buying experience; preferably with a large organization in a similar roleRetail planning experience preferredProficient in MS Word and ExcelAbility to recognize, analyze and quantify market trendsResults oriented and self-motivated with a strong sense of urgencyAble to independently organize and prioritize broad workload to meet deadlinesAbout Catalyst : Catalyst Brands reflects the bringing together the rich heritages of our brands with modern excitement and a new vision for success. We will leverage our rich history, resources and best-in-class industry talent to further build the success of our brands. At Catalyst we are united in one shared purpose : We exist to ignite America's most beloved retail brands to make fashion accessible to all. For more opportunities to join our team please visit our careers page. Pay Range USD $54,000.00 - USD $87,000.00 / Yr.