Job Description

The Assistant Buyer supports the Buyer with merchandise selection, pricing, and business analysis with the goal of meeting or exceeding sales, margin and turn targets. An Assistant Buyer schedules and tracks purchase orders and works cross-functionally to resolve delivery issues accordingly. An Assistant Buyer partners with Assistant Planners to analyze business trends.

Key Roles And Responsibilities

Support Buyer in building out the assortment and buy plans
Assist with assortment decisions for visual initiatives (vignettes, endcaps, feature tables, etc.)
Item management support (case-pack, cube, extended attributes)
Create and input purchase orders into system; manage purchase order log
Input/track orders and resolve delivery issues through cross-functional communication with direct sourcing, vendors, distribution centers
Assist Buyer with Company and vendor meeting preparation
Facilitates vendor set-up
Understands and clearly communicate to vendor partners the guidelines of the ticketing and domestic/import shipping manuals
Serves as point person for marketing content & submissions; review/proof advertising layouts for design, content and pricing and communicate with marketing department
Collaborate with Assistant Planner on replenishment/reorder analysis
Provide ad hoc analysis (post-mortem, SKU/category productivity, etc.) and summarize findings to support assortment planning, merchandise financial planning and/or allocation strategy development
Comp shop and recap results for the buying/planning team
Support buyer in identifying business opportunities and/or risks in the assortment
Promote teamwork within the Merchant Team through daily communication, interaction and sharing of best practices with peers
Manage visual initiatives including tables, vignettes & endcaps

Qualifications And Competencies

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required
1-2 years prior experience in retail
Demonstrates strong analytical / problem solving skills and is detail oriented
Demonstrates strong listening, written and oral communication skills
Exhibits strong trend and pattern recognition skills
Is flexible and adaptable to changing priorities
Builds and maintains productive relationships with peers and cross-functional teams
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
Creates all necessary analysis based on trends and reviews
Demonstrates initiative in exposing and resolving issues and opportunities
Communicates effectively at all levels internally and with vendors

About Us

When you’re a part of our team, you have the full support of a diverse, close-knit team in our stores. We consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, marital or military status. We also provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local law. At Home is committed to knitting diversity and inclusion into the fabric of our culture; we respect, appreciate and celebrate the experiences and qualities that differentiate everyone on the At Home team.