Remote Assistant Buyer: Frame & Assortment Strategy

Visionworks of America; San Antonio (TX); Remote; USD 39,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Visionworks of America is seeking an Assistant Buyer to develop, maintain, and implement frame assortments across network brands. You will partner with Buyers to craft assortment strategy, analyze frame sales by collection and segment, and support sample management, SKU setup, and order entry while delivering strong customer service and accurate merchandising insights. This is a full‑time remote role with competitive hourly pay.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma, Associate degree, or equivalent work experience
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• 3–5 years of related work experience
• Strong organizational skills and eye for detail
• Strong customer focus
• Proficient in Microsoft Office including PowerPoint and Excel
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Retail math skills and ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain optimum assortments by category to fit segmentation strategy and store needs by capacity, sales, and demographics.
• Communicate and manage assortment changes with merchandising, inventory, and visual merchandising teams.
• Analyze sales trends by frame collection and segment to recommend cluster-level assortment changes to optimize profits.
• Assist buyers with selection and organization of samples for each category.
• Request new samples and coordinate sample flow.
• Assist with SKU attribute setup, partnering with vendors as needed.
• Assist with order entry, frame samples, sales reports and related tasks as needed.
• Respond to store questions and resolve customer or store issues.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Customer focus

Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel)

Education

High School Diploma

Associate degree

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Visionworks of America is seeking an Assistant Buyer to develop, maintain, and implement frame assortments across network brands. You will partner with Buyers to craft assortment strategy, analyze frame sales by collection and segment, and support sample management, SKU setup, and order entry while delivering strong customer service and accurate merchandising insights. This is a full‑time remote role with competitive hourly pay.