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About the Role

The Dormify/Teen Retail Buyer is responsible for driving product strategy, execution, and financial performance. This role partners cross-functionally with Merchandising, Design, Marketing, E-commerce, Planning, Allocation, Stores, Visual Merchandising, and Operations to deliver compelling seasonal assortments, support store performance, and ensure accurate execution of product strategies. The ideal candidate is a complex thinker, product-obsessed, analytical, detail-oriented, self-starter, and highly collaborative with strong communication skills and an understanding of the teen market.

Responsibilities

Pull weekly business reporting and sales performance analytics.
Write weekly recap and summary emails for cross-functional partners and leadership.
Attend weekly Retail Meetings to support store teams.
Communicate business shifts and any follow-ups or action items.
Partner with Allocation and Distribution on allocation needs; attend weekly allocation meeting.
Prepare seasonal hindsight recaps and analysis.
Develop strategies to drive growth.
Attend Teen product milestone meetings.
Assort annual collection for Dormify.
Assort seasonal collections for both Teen Retail Stores and Pottery Barn Kids (shop-in-shop) footprint.
Select and manage seasonal floor models.
Create and maintain seasonal merchandise lists.
Partner cross-functionally to develop line attending work sessions to ensure product strategy, aesthetic, and pricing targets are met.
Partner with leadership to set seasonal business targets.
Attend department rollup meetings.
Work with the Planning team on retail financial rollups and forecasting.
Request all 921 copy SKUs for retail assortments.
Hand off SKUs to Inventory for purchase order (PO) placement.
Execute re-ticketing and mark-up actions in the system; send memos to stores.
Maintain SKU data, including cost, COO, ship mode, and vendor updates.
Prepare seasonal kickoff decks and lead training calls with field teams.
Visit stores to gather feedback and share insights.
Partner with Visual Merchandising to map store layouts.
Support pre-season set-ups as needed.
Work with Allocation to assign pre-season inventory.
Coordinate sample lists and trackers; ship samples (UPS) and communicate tracking details to stores.
Request seasonal and core signage; review and edit visual books.
Maintain and update lists within the retail report.
Create and update STD reports for broader team usage.
Pull store-specific reporting to identify business shifts and for fiscal reporting.
Request inventory transfers from DTC to support store inventory.

Requirements

5-7+ years of retail buying or merchandising experience.
Strong analytical and Excel/reporting skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Passion for teen retail, trends, and customer insights.

Skills

Excel
Reporting
Communication
Collaboration
Trend Analysis
Customer Insights

Location

San Francisco

Work Type

Onsite

Experience Level

5-7+ years

Salary/Compensations

$100,000 - $115,000

Benefits

A generous discount on all WSI brands
A 401(k) plan and other investment opportunities
Paid vacations, holidays, and time off to volunteer
Health benefits, dental and vision insurance, including same-sex domestic partner benefits
Tax-free commuter benefits
A wellness program that supports your physical, financial and emotional health
In-person and online learning opportunities through WSI University
Cross-brand and cross-function career opportunities
Resources for self-development
Advisor (Mentor) program
Career development workshops, learning programs, and speaker series

About the Company

Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of high-quality products for the kitchen and home in the United States.
Our family of brands are Williams Sonoma, Williams Sonoma Home, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Teen, Rejuvenation, West Elm, Mark & Graham, Outward, and GreenRow.
These brands are among the best known and most respected in the industry.
We offer beautifully-designed, stylish and functional products for every area of the home, including the kitchen, living room, bedroom, home office, closet, laundry room and even outdoor spaces.
We've seen some big changes since our first brick-and-mortar store opened more than half a century ago.
What hasn't changed is our passion for high-quality products, functional design, outstanding customer service, and enhancing the lives of our customers and the communities where we operate.
Today, we're a multi-brand, multi-channel, global enterprise supported by state-of-the-art technology and some of the most talented teams in retailing - and we're always looking for new energy and ideas.

Equal Opportunity

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, or other applicable state or local laws and ordinances.