Senior Buyer

Posh Peanut®️; Glendale (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing children's apparel brand in Glendale, CA is seeking a Senior Buyer to drive assortment strategy and optimize inventory across multiple channels, including DTC and Wholesale. Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of experience in e-commerce buying, strong analytical skills, and the ability to translate data into decisive actions. This role requires a creative problem-solver who excels in a fast-paced environment. Join a passionate team dedicated to delivering exceptional products to families worldwide.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a senior-level Buyer in a branded e-commerce environment.
• Strong ownership of assortment strategy and buying execution.
• Proven track record of delivering sales and margin results.

Responsibilities

• Own buys for assigned categories and build balanced assortments.
• Leverage forecasting to inform buys and optimize inventory.
• Analyze data sets to drive buying decisions.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Creative problem-solving

Tools

Excel

Tableau

Job description

Posh Peanut is one of the fastest-growing DTC brands in the children’s apparel space, loved by millions of families around the world. We specialize in ultra-soft, premium bamboo apparel for babies, kids, and families—known for our bold prints, elevated details, and signature Päpook® fabric. Built from a small LA-based business into a household name, we’re driven by creativity, passion, and the mission to make every moment with your little ones feel magical. If you’re excited by fast growth, big ideas, and building something extraordinary, we’d love to hear from you!

Location: Glendale, CA

Reports To: Planning Director

Overview

The Senior Buyer is responsible for building and executing profitable assortments that drive sales, margin, and inventory productivity across multiple channels (DTC, Wholesale, Amazon). This role owns seasonal and in-season buying decisions while leveraging planning insights to optimize inventory flow and replenishment.

This role requires a seasoned buyer with strong analytical capability, excellent business judgment, and the ability to translate data into decisive buying actions in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

Buying & Assortment Ownership

• Own buys for assigned categories, building balanced assortments that align with brand strategy, customer demand, and financial targets.
• Partner with Merchandising and Planning to incorporate historical performance, trend direction, and future product strategies into buy decisions.
• Identify growth opportunities, white space, and category expansion opportunities.
• Ensure assortments are competitive in price architecture, depth, and flow.
• Align buys to company and category forecasts to achieve revenue, margin, turn, and inventory productivity goals.
• Monitor business weekly and take in-season actions including rebuys, cancellations, and receipt shifts.
• Maintain disciplined receipt flow to support newness, replenishment, and lifecycle management.
• Track timing, receipt flow, quantities, and delivery accuracy to support inventory integrity.
• Partner with internal teams to manage changes, reorders, and delivery shifts as needed.

Replenishment & Demand Planning Insights

• Leverage forecasting and hindsight analysis to inform buys at the collection and size level.
• Review replenishment performance and recommend rebuys and exits.

Inventory Optimization & Channel Strategy

• Optimize inventory efficiency across channels by identifying transfer opportunities between DTC, Wholesale, and Amazon.
• Monitor sell-through, weeks on hand, and stock balance to maximize revenue and minimize markdown exposure.
• Support strategies that improve working capital and inventory turns.

Analytics & Business Reporting

• Analyze large data sets to generate actionable insights that drive buying decisions.
• Build and maintain tools and reporting in Excel. Use reporting to communicate product performance to key stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Identify business performance gaps and recommend corrective actions.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Partner closely with Merchandising, Planning, Marketing, and Leadership teams.
• Communicate clearly with stakeholders at all levels on buys, risks, opportunities, and actions.
• Operate with a hands-on, entrepreneurial mindset in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications & Experience

• 5+ years of experience as a senior-level Buyer within a branded, ecommerce / DTC environment (apparel or accessories strongly preferred).
• Strong ownership of assortment strategy, buying execution, and in-season management.
• Working knowledge of demand forecasting, replenishment planning, and OTB process.
• Proven track record of delivering sales, margin, and inventory results.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into commercial decisions.
• Creative problem solver with a self-starter mindset.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working with business intelligence platforms (eg Tableau) a plus.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Posh Peanut is an equal opportunity employer committed to cultural diversity in the workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, sex or age.