Early Talent - 2025 - Merchants - Assistant Buyer Trainee

Kohl's; United States; Remote; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company is seeking an Assistant Buyer Trainee to support the merchandising team in key pricing and marketing processes. In this role, you will analyze business lines, participate in pricing execution, and engage in competitive shopping. The ideal candidate will have strong collaboration skills and an analytical mindset, along with a passion for products and customer service.

Qualifications

• Strong collaboration skills and ability to work as part of a team.
• Experience creating and manipulating spreadsheets.
• Analytical mindset with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Analyze assigned lines of business by generating weekly reporting.
• Own pricing and signing execution, in-season maintenance, and markdown execution.
• Participate in marketing conversations ensuring product representation.

Skills

Collaboration skills

Spreadsheet analysis

Analytical mindset

Attention to detail

Multitasking abilities

Passion for products

Job description

Role Specific Information

Job Description

About the Role

As an Assistant Buyer Trainee you will assist the merchandising team in analyzing the business, and learn to drive key pricing and marketing processes and provide operational support.

What You’ll Do

• Analyze assigned lines of business by generating, reviewing and interpreting weekly reporting

• Own pricing and signing execution, in-season maintenance, markdown execution and debit processing

• Participate in marketing conversations ensuring Kohl’s is represented in a way that supports our product strategies while learning how to execute sample turn-in for photo shoots, advertising proofing and digital experience reviews

• Actively engage in competitive shopping, analyzing trends and competitor pricing and marketing

• Additional tasks may be assigned

What Skills You Have

Required

• Strong collaboration skills and ability to work as part of a team

• Experience creating, analyzing and manipulating spreadsheets

• Analytical mindset

• Adept attention to detail and excellent multitasking abilities

• Passion for products and customer obsession

Essential Functions

The requirements listed below are representative of functions you will be required to perform, however you may be required to perform additional functions. Kohl’s may revise this job description at any time. To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, absent undue hardship.

• Ability to perform the accountabilities listed in the “What You’ll Do” Section

• Ability to comply with dress code requirements

• Basic math and reading skills, legible handwriting, and basic computer operation

• Ability to maintain prompt and regular attendance and meet scheduling requirements as set by the company

• Ability to learn and comply with all company policies, procedures, standards and guidelines

• Ability to receive, understand and proactively respond to direction from leadership and other company personnel

• Ability to work as part of a team and interact effectively and appropriately with others

• Ability to maintain composure and work in a fast paced environment while accomplishing multiple tasks within established timeframes

• Ability to satisfactorily complete company training programs

• Ability to use a personal computer for tasks such as communicating, preparing reports, etc.

• Ability to plan, prioritize and monitor activities across business units

• Ability to complete or oversee the completion of assigned projects in a timely manner