Associate Buyer, Domestic Sourcing - Pottery Barn

About the Team

You will be part of a collaborative team responsible for creating assortment strategies based on analyzing sales and trend. Our job blends creativity, analytics, and marketing.

About The Role

The Associate Buyer will develop business strategies and seasonal assortment plans to maximize the development of the brand, sales and profits for the department. You will be responsible for coordinating information across Pottery Barn Brands and functions working closely with Merchandising, Inventory, Ecom and Visual to ensure the process is followed and timelines met.

Responsibilities

• Develop business strategies and seasonal assortment plans to maximize the development of the brand, sales and profits for the department
• Own final assortment plans (line lists), product details, target retails, estimated IMU, importance to overall assortment (big bets) and floor plan location for developing purchase projections and buy plans
• Identify emerging trends and develop business strategies outlining strengths, weaknesses, new opportunities and threats
• Obtain feedback from stores to improve products and add to collections
• Provide SKU information to Merchandising Operations for input
• Participate in the development of the annual and seasonal financial plans
• Present product vision and category performance to members of our leadership team
• Correspond with functional areas. Resolves, handles, and escalates difficult issues to Director/Buyer, Call Center and Stores
• Collaborate with the merchants and third party vendors in assigned category(s) to:
• Execute strategies
• Ensure product quality
• Maintain on-time delivery
• Support speed to market
• Maximize profitability
• Manage sourcing processes and procedures in the assigned category(s) to successfully execute and deliver WSI products on time, which meet the product, quality, and value mission

Requirements

• Absolutely required: Commensurate with experience
• Preferred: Commensurate with experience

Qualifications

• Commensurate with experience

Skills

• Commensurate with experience

Benefits

Commensurate with experience

Pay

$75,000-$80,000

Schedule

Monday through Thursday and Friday as optional in the office