Assistant Buyer, Men's Sportswear

🔥 12 hours ago

🏛️ District of Columbia, Washington – Remote

🏛️ District of Columbia – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $59k - $79k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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Saks

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1924

🛒 Retail

👗 Fashion

🛍️ eCommerce

Retail • Fashion • eCommerce

Saks is a luxury retail company operating Saks Fifth Avenue, an iconic department store chain providing high-end fashion, beauty, and home decor products. They offer a wide range of designer clothing, accessories, shoes, and beauty products for men, women, and children both online and at physical locations. Saks frequently runs promotions and loyalty programs, such as gift card rewards on purchases and exclusive designer sales.

📋 Description

• Participate in vendor selections and partnerships • Provide information for monitoring inventory productivity and analyzing vendor profitability • Provide data and analysis for price changes and assist in entering price changes online • Liaise with Buyers, Associate Buyers, and brand partners to gather and confirm order details • Manage updates to buy sheets and resolve discrepancies • Oversee offshore Merchandise Assistants' creation and transmission of purchase orders to brand partners • Ensure timely delivery and accuracy of order details • Oversee communication between Merchandise Assistants and brand partners, resolving or escalating issues • Provide allocation direction to the Planning Allocation team and help manage allocations for high-touch categories such as Designer • Communicate receipt flow changes to the offshore team and maintain POs for accurate ship windows, order quantities, and on-order visibility • Prepare Buyers for Market by providing historical performance, trend, and customer preference insights • Coordinate market appointments and periodically attend NY market • Support Buyer style-out sessions by coordinating logistics and preparing assortment presentation insights • Initiate strategic product assortments to drive sales and brand growth • Act as primary point of contact for execution questions and feedback from brand partners and internal teams • Review business performance with Assistant Planners and communicate bottoms-up style insights to Buyers • Recommend in-season actions and help prepare for monthly OTB • Manage markdown cadence and oversee offshore execution of price changes, RTVs, and related activities • Collaborate with offshore reporting teams to generate custom Buying reports and maintain reporting views and delivery timelines

🎯 Requirements

• Manages ambiguity well, self starter, and is able to thrive in a fast paced environment • Strong accountability, and ability to multitask and prioritize independently • Generates a variety of approaches to problem solving quickly including new and novel ideas • Strong interpersonal skills and can be both direct but diplomatic and gain trust from others quickly • Proven track record in driving positive outcomes through objectives and measures within a large complex organization • Open to new perspectives and willing to try new ways of working • Strong knowledge of retail math concepts, including markup, margin planning, open to buy, and inventory productivity measures (WOS, T/O, GMROI) • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail • Strong ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing • Excellent computer skills including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Sheets, Google Docs, and Google Slides • Proficiency in RFS, AMS, PCW, and NuOrder • 1–2 years' experience as an Assistant Buyer, preferably in a major department store

🏖️ Benefits

• Opportunity to work in a dynamic fast paced environment at a company experiencing growth and transformation • Exposure to rewarding career advancement opportunities across the largest multi-brand luxury retailer from retail to distribution, to digital or corporate • Comprehensive benefits package for all eligible full-time employees (including medical, vision and dental) • An amazing employee discount • Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • 401(k) retirement plan • Basic life insurance • Supplemental life insurance • Disability insurance • Additional voluntary benefits such as critical illness, hospital and accident insurance