Associate Buyer – Women's and Youth Soft Goods

CSC Generation • Cottonwood Heights, UT

94d

About The Position

At Backcountry, our mission is to connect people to their passions. Our four online stores—Backcountry, Competitive Cyclist, MotoSport and, SteepandCheap—aim to supply our customers with the gear, knowledge, and inspiration necessary to get out there and chase down life’s greatest moments. We do this by providing the biggest and best assortment of premium outdoor products, a superior shopping experience, personalized Gearhead expertise, lightning-fast and accurate fulfillment, and inspirational, informative, and community-centered content. The Associate Buyer – Women’s and Youth Soft Goods plays a key role on the Merchandising team, driving financial results through thoughtful product curation, vendor partnerships, and strategic inventory management. In this fast-paced and highly collaborative role, you’ll balance creativity with analysis—building compelling assortments, shaping promotional strategies, and ensuring an exceptional customer experience. Reporting to the Sr. Merchandise Manager, Women’s & Youth, this position offers the opportunity to take initiative, grow your expertise, and contribute to a dynamic, evolving business. This role is challenging – above and beyond the day-to-day responsibilities, you’ll have a big role within a fast-paced team. This is a hybrid role with 3 days in our office in Cottonwood Heights, Utah.

Requirements

• 2+ years of relevant industry merchandising and buying experience.
• Experience in outdoor brands and merchandising preferred.
• Willingness and ability to travel as needed.
• Solid foundation of retail math and buying fundamentals.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (proficiency in Excel a must).
• Excellent organizational skills and extreme attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Outstanding time management skills.
• Ability to perform under pressure and prioritize competing tasks/initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Curate seasonal product assortments, balancing pricing, category mix, brand mix, and inventory selection.
• Build and maintain strong vendor relationships, handling terms, discounts, pricing, promotional periods, compliance, image usage, price matching, and exclusive buys.
• Create and manage purchase orders including SKU setup, style/color/size allocation, and dollar/quantity planning.
• Partner with manager to define preseason and in-season pricing and promotional strategies.
• Build promotional calendars, manage cadence, select product for campaigns, and ensure setup accuracy.
• Align with Planning on preseason receipt flow, assortment allocation, and sell-through targets.
• Optimize product presentation across the site, including imagery, taxonomy, facets, and product boosting/sort order.
• Identify opportunities to automate recurring reports and routine analysis using AI tools or workflow platforms.

Benefits

• Executive Access: Work directly with brand CEOs and senior leadership, solving real business problems and earning mentorship from top operators.
• AI-First Skill Building: Get hands-on with the most advanced AI tools in the market.
• Accelerated Career Path: High performers are quickly entrusted with greater responsibility, new challenges, and leadership opportunities across our portfolio of brands.
• Competitive benefits: Paid time off policies, 401(k)/RRSP match, medical/dental/vision and a variety of supplemental policies, and employee discounts at our portfolio companies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees