ASSISTANT BUYER - Full-time

Job Summary:

The Assistant Buyer will partner with the Buyer to strategically build product assortments which grow the business and work in a way that align with the company’s strategic goals.

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

• Aids Buyer in developing assortment and writing POs
• Assist Buyer with Company and vendor meeting preparation
• Facilitates vendor set-up
• Manage sample process
• Support buyer in identifying business opportunities
• React quickly and decisively to business opportunities to achieve and consistently maintain positive comp sales growth and increased comp margin
• Actively participate in negotiations with Buyer
• Assist Buyer in collection of trend data
• Maintain electronic photo files
• Comp shop and recap results
• Creatively use trend data to apply to business
• Understands and clearly communicate to vendor partners the guidelines of the ticketing and domestic/import shipping manuals
• Work with Buyer to manage inventory and identify risks in assortment
• Lead by example through use of “At Home” 5 Key Values

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required
• 1-2 years prior experience
• Familiarity with retail math including, sales margin and turn
• Understanding of Open to Buy and implications of shrink
• Demonstrates analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to develop/maintain strong working relationship with peers and cross-functional teams
• Flexible and adaptive to changing priorities
• Possesses a clear understanding of the target customer, supplier base and competitors
• Able to work in fast paced environment, multi-task, organize and prioritize workload to meet deadlines