Associate Buyer - Women's Non Apparel

PACSUN•Anaheim, CA

12h•Onsite

About The Position

Under general supervision of the Senior Buyer, the Associate will have full responsibility for a classification, or classifications as assigned by the Senior Buyer. The Associate will be responsible for analyzing information to independently make recommendations on how to drive the business, take initiative to understand variance to plan and prior year, build partnerships that allow for open and timely communication and have confidence to speak in open forums and provide value added comments. This position is responsible for maintaining all systems, managing the receipt flow, building partnerships among the department and all internal and external partners. Success in this role will entail a high level of detail, ability to work well with others and ability to drive results that meet or exceed both financial and qualitative goals for the fiscal period, support administrative needs of the business group. A day in the life, what you’ll be doing: Business analysis, execution of response · Managing receipt flow and open-to-buy Driving sales and margins through analysis Presenting new strategies and opportunities for classifications Product development, approvals, and executing buys Brand management and market research Business meeting prep Administrative functions; P.O. Maintenance. Non-essential duties.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience (1-2 years retail buying experience in either specialty store or department store. Internal candidates must have at least 1-2 years of Assistant level buying experience.)
Excellent knowledge of Excel, Word and PowerPoint
Must have strong communication skills
Ability to work as a team member
Must be task driven and proactive when it comes to executing tasks
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.
Thorough knowledge of retail math such as gross margin, open to buy calculations, initial markup calculations, turnover etc.