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About the Role

As the Assistant Buyer, you will participate in vendor selections and partnerships, assist in monitoring inventory productivity, analyze vendor profitability, and provide data for price changes.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with Buyers, Associate Buyers, and brand partners to gather and confirm order details, manage updates to buy sheets, and resolve discrepancies.
• Oversee offshore Merchandise Assistants’ creation and transmission of purchase orders to brand partners, ensuring timely delivery and accuracy.
• Provide allocation direction to the Planning Allocation team and help manage allocations for high-touch categories.
• Manage communication of receipt flow changes to the offshore team and ensure POs are maintained.
• Prepare Buyers for Market through working with Planners to provide comprehensive insights on historical performance, emerging trends, and customer preferences.
• Coordinate market appointments and periodically attend NY market.
• Support Buyer in style-out sessions including coordinating logistics and preparing insights.
• Initiate the development of strategic product assortments to drive sales and brand growth.
• Act as primary point of contact on execution questions and feedback from brand partners, visual merchandising, site merchandising, stores, digital, marketing, and planning.
• Constantly review business performance in close collaboration with Assistant Planners, communicating bottoms-up style insights to Buyers, and recommending in-season actions.
• Manage markdown cadence and oversee offshore execution of price changes, RTVs, etc.
• Collaborate with offshore reporting team to generate custom Buying reports, maintaining structural changes to views and ensuring timeline delivery.

Requirements

• Manages ambiguity well, is a self-starter, and thrives in a fast-paced environment.
• Possesses strong accountability and the ability to multitask and prioritize independently.
• Generates a variety of approaches to problem-solving quickly, including new and novel ideas.
• Has strong interpersonal skills, is direct yet diplomatic, and gains trust quickly.
• Consistently performs above goals with a proven track record in driving positive outcomes.
• Open to new perspectives and willing to try new ways of working.
• Strong knowledge of and ability to apply retail math concepts, including markup, margin planning, open to buy, and inventory productivity measures.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Excellent computer skills including MS Word and Excel, PowerPoint, Google Sheets/Docs/Slides.
• Proficiency in systems (RFS, AMS, PCW, NuOrder).
• 1 - 2 years' experience as an Assistant Buyer, preferably in a major department store.

Skills

• Retail math concepts
• Markup
• Margin planning
• Open to buy
• Inventory productivity measures
• MS Word
• MS Excel
• MS PowerPoint
• Google Sheets
• Google Docs
• Google Slides
• RFS
• AMS
• PCW
• NuOrder

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 1-2 years

Salary/Compensations

• Compensation for this role varies by geographic location. The listed range reflects multiple markets, including higher-cost areas. Actual starting pay will be determined based on work location, experience, and other job-related factors.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Basic life insurance
• Supplemental life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Variety of additional voluntary benefits (such as critical illness, hospital and accident insurance)
• Employee discount

About the Company

• Saks Global is the largest multi-brand luxury retailer in the world, comprising Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman and Saks OFF 5TH.
• We are redefining luxury shopping by offering each customer a personalized experience across our store network and e-commerce platforms.
• Through strong partnerships with the world’s most esteemed brands, cutting-edge technology and the industry’s most comprehensive luxury customer data, Saks Global is shaping the future of retail.

Equal Opportunity

• Saks Global is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.
• If you are interested in applying for employment with Saks Global and would like to request special assistance or an accommodation, please contact candidatesupport@saks.com.