Senior Assistant Buyer Home Kitchen

JCPenney • Dallas, TX

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Assistant Buyer supports daily purchasing for a specific division sub-category, ensuring accuracy in the buying and ordering process while facilitating communication between vendors and buyers. The role reports directly to the division’s Buyer or Senior Buyer and works alongside other Senior Assistant Buyers.

The position supports business decisions through reporting, retail math, financial analysis, item and purchase-order administration, pricing, assortment planning, marketing coordination, inventory audits, and cross-functional collaboration. The role is for the Home Kitchen category at JCPenney in Plano, Texas.

Requirements

• College degree or equivalent business experience.
• At least 3 years of retail buying experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Ability to recognize, analyze, and quantify market trends.
• Results-oriented and self-motivated, with a strong sense of urgency.
• Ability to independently organize and prioritize a broad workload to meet deadlines.

Nice To Haves

• Retail buying experience with a large organization in a similar role.
• Retail planning experience.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and analyze reports to support the business, including MicroStrategy, Item/Color, Hindsight, Buy Plan, and Conceptual Plan reports.
• Apply retail math concepts and assess their business impact, including calculating IMU, selling margin, and pricing impact.
• Understand how financial levers relate to sales, profit, and inventory metrics.
• Audit item setup and approve content.
• Create purchase orders and work orders for flagship and stores.
• Validate set and ship dates and vendor information.
• Collaborate cross-functionally and establish external partnerships.
• Submit marketing samples and manage the on-time arrival audit for weekly marketing.
• Enter marketed items in the ad tracker and update store counts.
• Conduct digital inventory audits.
• Provide input on pricing determinations and enter pricing and signing for flagship and stores.
• Understand the impact of pricing-event changes, including this year versus last year.
• Assist the Buyer with assortment plans, category history, and market share analysis.
• Apply knowledge of fixture capacity, signage guidance, and presentation standards for set sells and fixture placement.
• Use Excel, EPPFC, RMS Order, RMS Item Inquiry, RMS Ecomm Management, and other systems as needed.

Benefits

• Eligible for a bonus under the Management Incentive Plan.
• Competitive benefits package, if eligible, including medical, dental, and vision coverage; term life insurance; paid vacation and holidays; and a 401(k) with company match.
• Associate discount on JCPenney merchandise.
• Eligible associates with paid vacation (MTO) are eligible for eight paid holidays during the calendar year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior