Associate Buyer

Rufflebutts; Flower Mound (TX); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Competitive compensation

Health & dental benefits

401k + matching

Casual dress code

Job summary

RuffleButts + RuggedButts is a digitally native premium children's apparel company with a growing premium line. The merchandising team seeks a hands-on, data-driven merchant who can build assortment plans, manage replenishment, and own pricing timelines while supporting design in new product development.

The role emphasizes analytics, cross-functional collaboration, and proactive insights to optimize inventory and drive growth across channels.

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in Apparel Buying, Merchandising, or Planning.
• Strong quantitative and Excel skills; experience with BI tools a plus.
• Ability to juggle multiple projects and meet deadlines.
• Driven to achieve results in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Knowledge of merchandising, market trends, and key retailers.
• Understanding of assortment curation, planning and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Work with Category Director to create assortment plans that support customer needs and financial objectives.
• Generate and analyze weekly reports; provide ad hoc reporting and analysis.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams within the company.
• Support marketing in developing promotional plans and campaigns for new product launches.
• Identify missed opportunities and growth drivers with product development and design teams.
• Plan, oversee and execute inventory management to increase revenue and reduce costs.
• Perform statistical analysis using historical data and current trends; recommend strategies.
• Partner on process development, improving tools and processes for forecasting and planning.
• Collaborate with Sourcing on product expansion opportunities and trend chasing in children’s market.
• Work closely with Category Director and report to them.

Skills

Excel

Quantitative analysis

Tableau

Power BI

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Description

Who We Are:

RuffleButts + RuggedButts is a digitally native premium children's apparel company founded in 2007 with a ruffle bloomer that has now grown to a full assortment of premium children's apparel. Known for lasting quality, playful prints, and family-matching collections for life's special moments, RuffleButts has quickly grown to annual revenue exceeding $50M. Our products can be found online at Rufflebutts.com, Ruggedbutts.com, Amazon, select premium retailers, and hundreds of specialty retail locations around the globe. RuffleButts has been a Summit Park holding since 2020.

What We're Looking For:

Our Merchandising team is searching for a hands-on merchant who can add value to our organization and be a critical part of our continued growth. The perfect candidate for this role is inquisitive and gets excited about finding critical data and using it to ensure we are able to deliver our products to our customers through thoughtful reporting. This person needs to have experience in merchandise analytics and have the ability to compile important data and provide actionable insights through the data they find. Overall, this person will be responsible for creating assortment plans, managing product replenishment, owning pricing & markdown timelines, assisting the design team in new product development and managing omni-channel inventory.

To Summarize, You Will:

• Work with Category Director to create assortment plans that support the needs of the customer and the financial objectives of the company for current and future seasons
• Generate and analyze weekly reports and provide ad hoc reporting and analysis as required
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams within the company
• Support marketing in the development of promotional plans and campaigns to support new product launches
• Identify and inform product development and design teams of missed opportunities and growth drivers
• Plan, oversee and execute inventory management, increasing revenues and decreasing costs.
• Perform statistical analysis using historical data and current trends, recommending strategies to achieve our organizational goals and objectives
• Partner with team on process development, enhancing tools and processes that support financial forecasting, product planning, and efficiencies.
• Partner with Sourcing and leadership on product expansion opportunities and chasing trends in the childrens landscape.
• Partners closely with and reports to the Category Director

Requirements

• 2+ years experience in Apparel Buying, Merchandising, or Planning; experience in eCommerce or children's apparel a plus!
• Strong quantitative and Excel skills; experience with business intelligence tools a plus! (Tableau, Power BI, etc.)
• The strong ability to juggle multiple projects simultaneously without micro-management, making proactive recommendations and meeting deadlines.
• Driven and determined to achieve results in a fast paced start up oriented working environment
• Knowledge of merchandising, current marketplace, and key retailers in the children's apparel industry
• Knowledge of industry best practices for assortment curation, planning and analytics and how they support eh long-range merchandise strategy

Why You'll Love This Role

• High-visibility role with real ownership and impact
• Cross-functional exposure across Merchandising, Ecommerce, and Category leadership
• Opportunity to deepen analytical, planning, and inventory management experience
• Fast-growing, entrepreneurial environment with room to grow

Top Reasons to Work with Us:

• Competitive base compensation, paid vacation/holidays, health & dental benefits, and 401k + matching.
• Hybrid work environment, casual dress code.
• Potential for rapid growth/responsibility within our company.
• As a mature startup in the ecommerce space, the sky's the limit!
• Great collaborative, tight-knit team environment (that likes to have fun!)
• Our company was founded on the Golden Rule, and we have a culture centered around kindness, gratitude, and customer appreciation.