Assistant Buyer

Must be located and available to commute to DTLA

Parking: Not covered, must pay for your parking

Responsibilities:

• Perform the administrative functions supporting the buying team, including purchase order management, while building foundational merchant skills
• Provide basic analysis of key business data and reporting, as directed by Buyer, including the monitoring of regional merchandise reports, Open-To-Buy, stock analysis and other ad hoc reports
• Develop effective relationships with vendors and appropriately interact with them to follow up on open business issues, as directed by Buyer
• Begin to effectively utilize the merchandising systems and understand warehouse process
• Develop and demonstrate basic product knowledge through sharing information with Buyer as a result of competitive shopping, and the market
• Ensure timely delivery of merchandise through communication with Buyer, merchant teams, and external vendors
• Support Buyers in preparation of key business meetings (i.e. vendor appointments, style-outs, assortment planning)

Qualifications:

• You have a desire to learn, grow and engage
• You have an understanding and prior use of retail math
• You have a team player attitude
• You are proficient in Excel (pivot tables, vlookups)
• You have a Bachelor's degree ideally in Fashion Merchandising or related

Apply today!