Assistant Buyer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• 2–3 years of experience in a buying role at a larger-scale brand or company.
• Understanding of the Anthropologie target customer and ability to select products and trends that appeal to the customer and meet expectations.
• Fundamental understanding of business statistics, including IMU%, MD%, GM%, selloff, WOS, and OTB.
• Professional verbal and written communication, strong presentation and organizational skills, and a high sense of urgency.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and balance immediate and long-term business needs.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Ability to learn new computer systems quickly and retain the information.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the buyer to develop a customer-oriented, curated product mix for each buying area that supports the profit plan.
• Support day-to-day operations within the designated buying area and collaborate with the buyer on necessary tasks.
• Contribute to product-development-heavy classes in collaboration with the buyer and vendor partners.
• Help determine the mix of market and private-label products for each buying area.
• Place buys accurately and on time with the buyer.
• Maintain accurate buy sheets by class, month, and season.
• Keep purchase-order and style-management systems and reporting aligned and accurate.
• Enter, update, manage, and organize purchase orders to support timely delivery and product quality.
• Manage weekly and monthly merchandise flow, including purchase-order delivery timelines, inventory-flow dates, and weekly tracking.
• Set up new vendors and assist with onboarding, including sending routing guides and pre-ticketing information.
• Respond with urgency to requests from merchant and cross-functional teams.
• Apply retail-math fundamentals, contribute to weekly and monthly business notes and reactions, and conduct seasonal vendor sales analysis.
• Proactively share opinions in cross-functional and larger merchant meetings and develop relationships with market and internal partners.
• Coordinate with merchandising and styling teams to align with major programs and concepts and ensure buys and deliveries align with the merchandise cadence.
• Assist the buying team with proofreading digital, mailer, and catalog copy.
• Build and maintain productive partnerships, listen effectively, and communicate clearly in writing and verbally.
• Manage a high volume of email across a diverse vendor database and update the manager on vendor feedback.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Employee discounts
• Retirement savings