Assistant Buyer Development Program - 2024 Start Dates

About the role

Starting a new career is a big deal, and at Burlington, we love big deals! If you always hop on the latest trends and notice all the little details, have a passion for retail, and are prepared to join a team for the long haul, we encourage you to apply for our 2024 Assistant Buyer program.

Responsibilities

• Analyze a business area and develop relationships with vendors to bring in the best products and values for our customers.
• Be a part of an onboarding class with peers who will be starting in the same role and start date as you.
• Shadowing opportunities with various buying teams both in market and in the office.
• Manage a large magnitude of email streams across a diverse vendor database and in turn, be able to communicate and give updates to managers regarding vendor feedback.
• Own the administrative functions for your business area which include entering, updating, managing, tracking, and organizing purchase orders to ensure timely delivery, communicating late deliveries to the Buying team, setting up new vendors with routing guides, and pre-ticketing information.
• Collaborate for success; teamwork within our department is key to success and you will work with several functional areas within the department for input, and ideas, and to execute your assignments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (Merchandising, Marketing, Business).
• Affinity for retail math, product/merchandising, and building a career in Buying.
• Basic understanding of Microsoft Office programs with advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel including pivot tables and VLOOKUP.
• Fundamental understanding of retail math.
• Data-driven problem-solver who can build and maintain productive partnerships by living our core values.
• Can think critically with high attention to detail and listening, oral, and written communication skills.
• Ability to recognize, analyze, and quantify market trends.
• Ability to prioritize tasks to meet deadlines and operate with a high sense of urgency.
• Ability to negotiate with vendors to acquire the best prices for customers.
• A self-starter who takes initiative with a sense of curiosity, adaptability, and courage to always be a student of the business.

Qualifications

• Reliable Transportation and Logistics is required as Burlington is not easily accessible by public Transportation and Logistics.
• Our buying teams regularly travel to market as well as various other locations to perform market research and competitive shopping.

Skills

• Data-driven problem-solving.
• Attention to detail.
• Communication skills.
• Negotiation skills.
• Microsoft Excel proficiency.
• Market trend analysis.

Benefits

• An annual salary of $65,000 plus a bonus with the eligibility for an annual performance-based merit increase.
• A benefits package with a generous PTO plan, a range of affordable health insurance options (medical, dental, vision), and a company-matched 401(k).
• Paid holidays and Early Fridays all year round.
• An associate discount for in-store purchases.
• Professional development opportunities for long-term career growth.

Pay

$65,000 annually

Schedule

Hybrid model that is 1 day in-office, 2 days in market, 1 day comp shopping, and 1 day remote per week.