ASSISTANT BUYER - HOME

Makerspalm; Media (Delaware County); Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Co.House Designs is seeking an Assistant Buyer - Home to support merchandising and financial performance across Textiles, Decor, Mirrors, and Tabletop. This hybrid role in Media, PA involves building compelling assortments and partnering with Sales, Marketing, and Operations to drive category growth.

You will analyze performance, assist with inventory planning, pricing, and launches, and collaborate cross-functionally to balance product, margin, and customer demand in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of experience in buying, merchandising, or a related retail role.
• Retail experience required.
• Experience with textiles, home decor, tabletop, mirrors, home furnishings, gifts, or lifestyle products preferred.
• Strong product instincts and an appreciation for elevated interior-design aesthetics.
• Commercial understanding of pricing, margins, inventory, and product performance.
• Working knowledge of IMU%, GM%, markdown %, sell-through, WOS, inventory turn, and OTB.
• Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills and ability to interpret data.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the buying and merchandising strategy across Textiles, Decor, Mirrors, and Tabletop.
• Assist in building seasonal and core assortments aligned with the Co.House Designs aesthetic and commercial objectives.
• Research market trends, competitive assortments, retail pricing, colors, materials, finishes, and emerging product opportunities.
• Identify assortment opportunities and category gaps.
• Assist with product selection, assortment architecture, pricing, margin planning, and purchasing decisions.
• Review SKU productivity and recommend opportunities to expand, maintain, reduce, or discontinue products.
• Help establish opening, core, and premium price points within each category.
• Partner cross-functionally with internal teams to ensure category assortments, inventory plans, pricing, and launch priorities align with overall business objectives.
• Analyze weekly, monthly, seasonal, and annual sales performance by category, collection, style, SKU, and channel.
• Monitor sales, inventory, gross margin, markdowns, sell-through, weeks of supply, and inventory productivity.
• Assist in developing and maintaining category-level Open-to-Buy (OTB) plans.
• Review actual performance against sales, inventory, and margin plans.
• Identify best sellers, slow sellers, inventory risks, and emerging opportunities.
• Support forecasting and purchasing decisions based on historical performance, current trends, inventory position, and planned growth.
• Recommend actions to improve sales, margin, inventory turn, and category performance.
• Develop regular category performance reporting and communicate key findings to leadership.
• Candidates should be comfortable using key retail metrics including IMU%, MD%, GM%, Sell-Through, WOS, Inventory Turn, and OTB.

Skills

Buying & Merchandising

Excel/Sheets

Data Interpretation

Project Management

Communication

Independent Work

Tools

Excel/Google Sheets

Job description

Co.House Designs is a growing furniture and home furnishings brand focused on thoughtfully designed products for the wholesale, trade, and interior design markets.

As we continue to expand our collections and grow the business, we are looking for an Assistant Buyer - Home to support the merchandising and financial performance of our Textiles, Decor, Mirrors, and Tabletop categories.

This is an opportunity for someone who combines a strong eye for product and design with a commercial and analytical mindset. The ideal candidate understands that successful buying is about finding the right balance between product, customer, inventory, margin, and sales performance.

THE ROLE

ABOUT CO.HOUSE DESIGNS

Co.House Designs is a growing furniture and home furnishings brand focused on thoughtfully designed products for the wholesale, trade, and interior design markets.

As we continue to expand our collections and grow the business, we are looking for an Assistant Buyer - Home to support the merchandising and financial performance of our Textiles, Decor, Mirrors, and Tabletop categories.

This is an opportunity for someone who combines a strong eye for product and design with a commercial and analytical mindset. The ideal candidate understands that successful buying is about finding the right balance between product, customer, inventory, margin, and sales performance.

The Assistant Buyer will help build compelling, commercially successful assortments while supporting category planning, pricing, inventory management, sales analysis, and Open-to-Buy.

You will work cross-functionally with our Sales, Marketing, Operations, Logistics, and leadership teams to help drive category growth and inventory productivity.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIESBuying & Category Management

• Support the buying and merchandising strategy across Textiles, Decor, Mirrors, and Tabletop.
• Assist in building seasonal and core assortments aligned with the Co.House Designs aesthetic and commercial objectives.
• Research market trends, competitive assortments, retail pricing, colors, materials, finishes, and emerging product opportunities.
• Identify assortment opportunities and category gaps.
• Assist with product selection, assortment architecture, pricing, margin planning, and purchasing decisions.
• Review SKU productivity and recommend opportunities to expand, maintain, reduce, or discontinue products.
• Help establish opening, core, and premium price points within each category.
• Partner cross-functionally with internal teams to ensure category assortments, inventory plans, pricing, and launch priorities align with overall business objectives.

Financial & Analytical Management

• Analyze weekly, monthly, seasonal, and annual sales performance by category, collection, style, SKU, and channel.
• Monitor sales, inventory, gross margin, markdowns, sell-through, weeks of supply, and inventory productivity.
• Assist in developing and maintaining category-level Open-to-Buy (OTB) plans.
• Review actual performance against sales, inventory, and margin plans.
• Identify best sellers, slow sellers, inventory risks, and emerging opportunities.
• Support forecasting and purchasing decisions based on historical performance, current trends, inventory position, and planned growth.
• Recommend actions to improve sales, margin, inventory turn, and category performance.
• Develop regular category performance reporting and communicate key findings to leadership.

Analytical Understanding

Candidates should be comfortable using and developing their understanding of key retail and wholesale buying metrics, including:

IMU% | MD% | GM% | Sell-Off / Sell-Through | WOS | Inventory Turn | AUR | Sales Plan | Inventory Plan | OTB

You should be comfortable using these metrics to identify opportunities and risks and make informed recommendations around assortment, pricing, inventory investment, reorders, markdowns, and future buys.

Inventory & Replenishment

• Monitor inventory levels and WOS across assigned categories.
• Identify reorder opportunities for strong-performing products.
• Flag potential overstock and underperforming inventory early.
• Support replenishment, discontinuation, markdown, and inventory-exit decisions.
• Help establish appropriate inventory depth for core versus seasonal products.
• Balance product availability with sales plans, inventory investment, and cash-flow objectives.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Partner closely with Sales, Marketing, Operations, Logistics, and leadership.
• Provide Marketing and Sales with category priorities, key product stories, best sellers, and launch information.
• Support collection launches and ensure buying, inventory, pricing, and marketing priorities are aligned.
• Attend trade shows, markets, and other industry events as needed.
• Stay current on home decor, interiors, retail, fashion, consumer, and lifestyle trends.
• Take on new responsibilities as Co.House Designs continues to grow.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• 2-3 years of experience in buying, assistant buying, merchandising, or a related retail role.
• Retail experience required.
• Experience with textiles, home decor, tabletop, mirrors, home furnishings, gifts, or lifestyle products strongly preferred.
• Strong product instincts and an appreciation for elevated interior-design aesthetics.
• Commercial understanding of pricing, margins, inventory, and product performance.
• Working knowledge of IMU%, GM%, markdown %, sell-through, WOS, inventory turn, and OTB.
• Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills and confidence working with sales and inventory data.
• Ability to interpret data and translate it into actionable buying recommendations.
• Strong organizational and project-management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple categories and priorities simultaneously.
• Resourceful, proactive, curious, and comfortable taking ownership.
• Comfortable working independently in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment.

HOW WE WORK

This is a hybrid role based in Media, Pennsylvania, with approximately 1-2 days per week in the office. Some domestic travel will be required for trade shows, markets, and other business needs.

Co.House Designs has an entrepreneurial, hands-on culture. Priorities can evolve quickly, good ideas can come from anywhere, and team members have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the business.

WHY JOIN CO.HOUSE DESIGNS?

You’ll join a growing brand at an exciting stage and have the opportunity to directly influence our Textiles, Decor, Mirrors, and Tabletop assortments.

For someone who enjoys discovering great product, analyzing performance, identifying trends and opportunities, and seeing buying decisions translate into tangible business results, this is an opportunity to develop meaningful category ownership as the company grows.

Co.House Designs | A Brand Under Makerspalm