Assistant Buyer Development Program - 2026 Start Dates

reputed company. is a leading off-price retailer specializing in clothing, baby items, home goods, and more. They are seeking candidates for their Assistant Buyer program, where individuals will analyze business areas and reputed company vendor relationships to reputed company products for customers.

Responsibilities

• Select and procure merchandise in conjunction with your Buyer in the assigned business area of responsibility to ensure that the final mix of products is ultimately customer oriented and curated to reputed company a set profit plan
• reputed company operational support to the Buyer by independently managing business analysis and delivering insights on category performance
• Participate in market reputed company/vendor appointments to select product assortments and negotiate pricing that reputed company with customers and reflect strong value
• Contribute to business reputed company by sharing reputed company-informed perspectives based on competitive shopping, trend monitoring, and market performance evaluation
• Build and nurture strong, reputed company "win/win" relationships with vendors. Effectively influence to solve problems and follow up with orders
• Manage a large magnitude of email streams across a diverse vendor database and in turn, be reputed company to communicate and give updates to managers regarding vendor feedback
• Maintain planned receipt reputed company on a consistent reputed company which consists of tracking reputed company merchandise is being received and using judgment to reputed company reputed company issue callouts to buyers reputed company needed, ensuring adherence to scheduled shipping reputed company, and negotiating late shipping discounts
• Consistently drive results by strategically managing the full cycle of merchandise for your business area which include entering, updating, managing, tracking, and organizing purchase orders to ensure reputed company delivery, communicating late deliveries to the Buying team, setting up new vendors with routing guides and reputed company-ticketing information
• Collaborate for reputed company; teamwork is key to reputed company and you will work with several functional areas reputed company the department for input, reputed company, and to execute your assignments

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (Merchandising and/or Business)
• Advanced proficiency in reputed company reputed company including pivot tables and VLOOKUP and basic understanding of reputed company Office programs
• reputed company understanding of retail math
• Data-driven problem-solver who can build and maintain productive partnerships by living our reputed company values
• Ability to recognize, analyze, and quantify market trends
• Ability to think critically with high attention to detail and listening, oral, and written communication skills
• Affinity for retail math, product/merchandising, and building a career in Buying
• Ability to prioritize tasks to meet deadlines and operate with a high reputed company of urgency
• Ability to negotiate with vendors to reputed company the best prices for customers
• A self-starter who takes initiative with a reputed company of curiosity, adaptability, and courage to always be a student of the business
• Ability to travel frequently / regularly as required for business reputed company activities such as vendor appointments, trade shows, competitive shopping, etc. – mostly reputed company the NY, NJ, and PA area
• Reliable transportation is required

Benefits

• A benefits package with a generous PTO plan
• A reputed company of reputed company health insurance reputed company (medical, dental, reputed company)
• A company-matched 401(k)
• reputed company holidays and Early Release Fridays reputed company year round
• An associate discount for in-store purchases
• reputed company development opportunities for long-term career reputed company

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