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Assistant Buyer, Women’s Brands Jobs in Anaheim, CA at PACSUN
Title: Assistant Buyer, Women’s Brands
Company: PACSUN
Location: Anaheim, CA
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About the Job:
Under general supervision, the Assistant Buyer will support the Buyer in managing all aspects of Women’s brands to drive results that meet or exceed the planned financial and qualitative goals. This position is responsible for maintaining all systems, managing the receipt flow, building partnerships among the department and all internal and external partners. The Assistant Buyer will work closely with cross-functional partners in visual merchandising, planning/ allocation, digital, and marketing for strong execution of brand(s) across all platforms to drive the results of the brand(s). The Assistant Buyer will perform business analysis and recommend courses of action to be taken to reconcile actual performance to plan. The assistant will present in open forums and provide value-added comments. The Assistant Buyer will need to exhibit exceptional communication and organizational skills as they will be the liaison between Pacsun and their brand(s), which requires professionalism and the highest level of detail. Assistant Buyer’s emphasis will be on key branded partnerships on the Women’s side of the business.
A day in the life, what you’ll be doing:
· Maintaining strong relationships with key brand(s) through daily communication
· Analyzing business results for Stores and Digital and making recommendations for their brand(s) in partnership with Buyer
· Presenting new strategies and opportunities for sales and profits for their brand(s) in partnership with Buyer
· Identify opportunities and risks in-season through analyzing sales performance with Buyer
· Prepare for meetings/projects with Buyer, Planners, Allocators, Digital/Store Teams
· Work with both Visual Merchandising and Site Merchandising for best execution of brand(s)
· Administrative Responsibilities Including: PO Maintenance, Management of Receipt Flow, Sample Management
· Market Research and Brand Incubation; Focus on identifying next brand partnerships
· Non-essential duties as assigned by Buyer
What it takes to Join:
The individual must possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities and be able to explain and demonstrate that he or she can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, using some other combination of skills and abilities:
Excellent knowledge of Excel, Word and PowerPoint
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Must be task driven and pro-active when it comes to executing tasks
Retail experience preferred
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required
Salary:$66,560-$70,214
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