Ecommerce Assistant Buyer, Temp

About the role

The Assistant E-Commerce Buyer supports the tactical execution of product buying, assortment planning, and inventory management across La Jolla Group's owned e-commerce sites and marketplace channels. This role serves as a key partner to the Director of E-Commerce Buying & Merchandising, owning product readiness through seasonal asset review for style accuracy and managing pick-up shoots to ensure complete, commercially accurate PDP imagery is ready before season launch.

Responsibilities

• Aid in seasonal and ongoing buy plans across all e-commerce and marketplace channels in alignment with open-to-buy (OTB) budgets set by the Director.
• Translate assortment strategy into purchase orders: accurate style, color, size, and quantity selections reflecting channel-specific demand signals.
• Maintain the active assortment on owned sites and marketplace platforms — managing style adds, deletes, and status changes throughout the season.
• Monitor inventory levels by SKU and channel; flag stockouts, overstock, and aging inventory with recommended corrective actions.
• Support the Director in developing channel-specific assortment segmentation across DTC, Amazon, and third-party marketplace platforms.
• Review and approve final seasonal product photography assets for commercial accuracy before site launch.
• Coordinate pick-up shoots: identify imagery gaps, prioritize by launch urgency and revenue impact, and coordinate shoot scheduling with the studio team.
• Manage post-shoot sample disposition: return-to-warehouse, donation, or disposal per company policy.
• Pull and synthesize weekly buy and sell-through reports; identify SKU-level trends and escalate risks and opportunities to the Director.
• Collaborate with demand planning to align buy quantities with inventory and sales forecasts across channels.
• Work with operations and fulfillment teams to resolve product setup issues, inventory discrepancies, and marketplace feed errors.

Requirements

• Understanding of e-commerce buying, assortment planning, inventory management, and sell-through analysis.
• Knowledge of apparel product details, including trim, colorway, silhouette, and style accuracy.
• Familiarity with DTC e-commerce and marketplace product photography standards.
• Strong merchant eye with excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to identify product inaccuracies across line sheets, purchase orders, samples, and photography assets.
• Proficiency with Shopify, and Excel or Google Sheets preferred.
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.
• Self-directed, adaptable, and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.