Assistant Buyer, Shopbop

Shopbop; New York (NY); On-site; USD 29,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Shopbop is seeking an Assistant Buyer to provide operational and buying support for the buying team, helping to grow and maintain relationships with key vendors and drive business goals.

The role requires a keen sense of fashion, strong analytical skills, and proven ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment. You will support assortment planning, PO management, and in-season buying strategies, with opportunities to grow responsibilities over time.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of relevant work experience.
• Experience with Excel.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• Experience applying retail math in a buying or planning environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist under supervision of the buyer and senior assistant buyer.
• Provide administrative and operational support including assortment planning, purchase order management, open-to-buys, and vendor profitability.
• Create and analyze selling reports, execute reorders and assess potential liabilities with high level of accuracy.
• Drive in-season buying strategy, including product selection and key item development with assistance of buyer.
• Maintain vendor relationships by responding quickly and accurately to questions, and help the buyer to negotiate terms, RTV/swaps and additional discounts.
• Monitor site daily to ensure products are properly represented.
• Enter, manage and organize all Purchase Orders.
• Process reorders, receiving issues, RTVs.
• Generate multiple reports for the buying team.
• Maintain vendor relationships and terms by responding quickly and accurately to both internal (company) and external (vendor) questions and requests for information. Research problems.
• Assist in identifying process inefficiencies and making recommendations for process improvements in a timely manner.
• Assist in other miscellaneous processes and procedures.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Retail math tools

Job description

Description

Shopbop is seeking a Assistant Buyer to provide operational and buying support for the buying team, helping to grow and maintain relationships with key vendors and drive business goals. The successful candidate will have a keen sense of fashion and trends, be self-starting, flexible, highly organized, results-oriented, and reliable. They will have excellent analytical skills and have strong computer skills. They must have the proven ability to work well under pressure in a demanding environment where teamwork is key. They will also be career-oriented with a strong desire to take on increasing levels of responsibility.

Key job responsibilities

• Assist in managing the business under supervision of the buyer and senior assistant buyer
• Provide administrative and operational support including assortment planning, purchase order management, open to buys, and vendor profitability
• Create and analyze selling reports, execute reorders and assess potential liabilities with high level of accuracy
• Drive in season buying strategy, including product selection and key item development with assistance of buyer
• Maintain vendor relationships by responding quickly and accurately to questions, and help the buyer to negotiate terms, RTV/swaps and additional discounts
• Monitor site daily to ensure products are properly represented
• Enter, manage and organize all Purchase Orders
• Process reorders, receiving issues, RTV's
• Generate multiple reports for the buying team
• Maintain vendor relationships and terms by responding quickly and accurately to both internal (company) and external (vendor) questions and requests for information. Research problems.
• Assist in identifying process inefficiencies and making recommendations for process improvements in a timely manner.
• Assist in other miscellaneous processes and procedures.

Basic Qualifications

• 2+ years of relevant work experience
• Experience with Excel
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Experience applying retail math in a buying or planning environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the fashion industry
• Strong internal customer focus and attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment.
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines.
• Usage of generative AI tools to enhance workflow efficiency, with a willingness to learn effective prompting and evaluation practices.
• Ability to recognize opportunities where generative AI could enhance products, workflows, or customer experiences.

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USA, NY, New York - 20.76 - 36.34 USD hourly

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