Buyer, MA

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to develop localized assortments, retail pricing strategies, and sales forecasts to drive profitability.
• Allocate internally produced products from our manufacturing site to our stores on a weekly basis.
• Execute allocation and purchasing strategies that align with the financial goals of each dispensary and market.
• Collaborate with the Marketing team to define and execute local retail marketing campaigns.
• Cultivate strong relationships with cannabis product suppliers to ensure consistent access to products for our patients.
• Anticipate potential problems and risks, generating insights and proposing effective solutions based on data analysis.
• Establish and maintain a reputation of credibility and responsiveness in the marketplace.
• Gather critical information from vendors regarding market trends and competitor buying activity, and present findings effectively.
• Monitor the market through competitor pricing, promotional activities, and product launches, utilizing comp shopping techniques.
• Manage the complete assortment lifecycle, including innovation, vendor meetings, costing negotiations, sales analyses, promotional calendars, and product exit strategies.
• Present the current state, health, and future plans for the retail business to senior leadership.
• Conduct audits of purchasing and allocation processes to identify areas for improvement and implement best practices.
• Manage appropriate inventory levels to exceed sales expectations while minimizing unnecessary liquidation.

Qualifications

• Experience in retail buying, merchandising, planning, or category management.
• 7-10+ years of relevant experience.
• Retail planning experience preferred.
• Experience managing external relationships, adversarial and collaborative negotiations.
• Adapts and thrives in a demanding, start-up, fast-paced environment.
• Strong presentation skills and ability to listen to the opinions of others to help form a cohesive decision.
• Ability to make decisions under pressure when needed.
• Must be a self-starter who likes to solve complex problems.
• Advanced proficiency in MS Excel.
• Ability to gather / analyze data and to work with incomplete information.
• Analytical mindset.
• Highly motivated, self-directed, innovative and able to work independently or among teams with keen judgment, common sense and resourcefulness.
• Possesses a high level of critical thinking.
• Operates with a high level of professionalism and integrity, including dealing with confidential information.
• Must understand and comply with the rules, regulations, policies, and procedures of GTI.
• Eager to learn cannabis compliance laws, rules and regulations and passion to further their understanding and knowledge of the industry and the laws.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred in a relevant field.

Additional Requirements

• Must pass any and all required background checks.
• Must be and remain compliant with all legal or company regulations for working in the industry.
• Must be a minimum of 21 years of age.
• Must be approved by state badging agency to work in cannabis industry.