Overview
Buying Assistant, Boys Jobs in Nutley, NJ at Ralph Lauren
Title: Buying Assistant, Boys
Company: Ralph Lauren
Location: Nutley, NJ
Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren’s reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company’s brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world’s most widely recognized families of consumer brands.
At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.
Support sales and profitability of the Polo Retail Outlets – North America (PRO-NA), Childrens, product line through contribution to Buyer’s strategy and assortment development. Provide insight regarding general sales analysis, marketplace trends, and customer’s needs, wants, and expectations. Support department(s) through the management of all operational functions within the product life cycle and the buy process.
Buy Process
Attend and participate in all buying and business related meetings
Prepare and maintain all style selling reports.
Pull and share weekly selling reports. Analyze and report out key findings.
Enter weekly price changes in system (promotions/markdowns)
Maintain and manage purchase orders; troubleshoot purchase order issues, price discrepancies, vendor production and store callouts
Shop competitive marketplace for pricing, trend, product opportunities and present findings to the team
Assist with assortment recommendations based on knowledge of the business
Ensure accuracy of all style information submitted to production/merchandising
Present product performance at monthly hindsight meetings
Define items in system to needed brand, season, and delivery
Manage on order tracking report; validate and ensure accuracy
Lead on order meetings: recap and provide status update weekly to all members of the team
Prepare re-ticketing / price change task forms for Field and Distribution Center
Partner with Marketing on sample handoff for photo shoots
Reporting
Create, maintain, and validate accuracy of weekly business review reports
Review and manage season coding to ensure accuracy and consistency
Timely and accurate management of all aspects of APS Selling Reports: create, update, and distribute
Create monthly Assortment Tools through partnership with Distribution Analysts and the Brand Presentation teams
Experience, Skills & Knowledge
Education
Bachelor’s Degree
Experience
1-2 years of experience in buying/merchandising
Skills/Behaviors
Ability to be flexible and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
High level of accuracy, detail orientation and organization skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Assertive and solution-oriented when faced with obstacles
General understanding of customer, marketplace and product
Basic understanding of the product lifecycle
Ability to complete current and historical analysis of the business to support…
