Overview
Temporary Assistant Buyer Jobs in New York, NY at WorkGenius Group
Title: Temporary Assistant Buyer
Company: WorkGenius Group
Location: New York, NY
Title: Temporary Assistant Buyer
Industry: Retail
Location: New York, NY
Duration: 5 months
Responsibilities
- Prepare and maintain weekly, monthly and seasonal business reports, analyzing performance by category, program, style, and channel to identify risks and opportunities.
- Maintain accurate line plans, assortment sheets, buy files, and style-color-size information throughout the seasonal process.
- Enter purchase orders ensuring accuracy of style, color, size, quantity, cost, retail, delivery window, and channel information.
- Track on-order inventory, receipts, and delivery status; proactively communicate delays, shortages, or discrepancies.
- Support seasonal milestone meetings, including line reviews, assortment reviews, buy reviews, and business hindsight presentations.
Requirements
- One to three years of experience in retail buying, merchandising, planning, allocation, or a related function; previous Assistant Buyer or Merchandise Assistant experience preferred.
- Strong understanding of retail math, including sales, margin, sell-through, inventory, markdowns, and weeks of supply.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables and lookup formulas; proficiency in PowerPoint.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into clear findings and recommended actions.
- Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple deadlines.
Skills
- retail buying
- merchandising
- inventory management
- data analysis
- Microsoft Excel
- analytical skills
- organizational skills
- cross-functional coordination
- communication skills
- market research
Hourly rate is commensurate with experience and is an estimated range provided by WorkGenius.
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