Assistant Buyer, E-comm

About the role

Signet Jewelers is the world's largest retailer of diamond jewelry, operating more than 2,800 stores worldwide under the iconic brands: Kay Jewelers, Zales, Jared, H.Samuel, Ernest Jones, Peoples, Banter by Piercing Pagoda, Rocksbox, JamesAllen.com and Diamonds Direct. We are a people-first company and this core value is at the heart of everything we do, from empowering our valued team members, to collaborating with our customers, to fostering the communities in which we live and serve.

The primary responsibility of the Assistant Buyer is to assist their Buyer on all aspects of the job or step in as needed to help with Merchandise Coordinator/Detail Assistant duties.

Responsibilities

• Sourcing and developing product, pricing product, determining assortment groups, forecasting order quantities, and participating in competitive shops
• Weekly reporting and departmental reports
• Developing understanding/knowledge base of the Jewelry Category and working with the Buyer to learn the elements of merchandising
• Identifying sales trends, developing new product designs for testing and assortment opportunities, and attending vendor meetings
• Being the point person for meeting notes and follow-up, and determining various marketing vehicles, SKU selection, new merchandise programs, sales trends, and assortments
• Setting up sku’s, descriptions, retails and packaging attributes, and assisting Buyer with Assortment Development
• Monitoring and helping develop forecasted sales quantities for marketing items and new programs, and communicating and managing with vendors
• Establishing retail prices in line with margin requirements, and updating departmental category assortment sheets, reporting, and analysis
• Proofing of all advertising materials to ensure accuracy, and merchandising items for all marketing channels
• Attending open-to-buy meetings and providing merchandise status updates as needed, and completing and submitting Project Request Forms and developing store communications
• Working in collaboration with Visual Merchandising team for in-store presentations (planograms)

Requirements

• Ability to adjust quickly to changing market trends, conditions, priorities, and corporate strategies
• Participating in on-going Competitive Shopping from an omni-channel lens, and reviewing assortments as well as competitor to ascertain opportunities and advantages

Qualifications

The Assistant Buyer will be jointly accountable for the success of their specific merchandise category with regards to sales, inventory levels & gross margin goals, which are established by Management.