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About the Role
Join Rent the Runway's Fashion Team as an Assistant Buyer, supporting strategic initiatives and gaining in-depth insights into the fashion industry. This role offers a platform to collaborate across the company, learn from every interaction, and build relationships with designer partners.
Responsibilities
- Schedule and attend market appointments with strategic assortment plans, brand insights, and data-backed product understanding.
- Participate in seasonal buys, using customer behavior, product performance, and industry trends to inform purchasing decisions.
- Oversee the creation, updating, and maintenance of purchase orders, ensuring product attribute accuracy and system synchronization.
- Monitor and project inventory orders for on-time delivery by liaising with Buyers, Logistics, and Brand Partners.
- Collaborate with accounts payable to resolve discrepancies in pricing, terms, and inventory payments.
- Execute weekly reports, analyze category and vendor performance, and identify business opportunities and challenges.
- Support the Buyer in cross-functional initiatives to maximize performance and scale the team.
- Partner with Merchandising and Operations Teams to ensure new merchandise meets durability standards and assist with inventory maintenance.
- Monitor fashion and industry trends, analyze competitor websites, and share findings with the team.
Requirements
- At least one year in a related industry role or relevant internships.
- Ability to take ownership and initiative in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
- Exceptional ability to analyze sales data and trends.
- Highly organized with meticulous attention to detail.
- Skilled in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and Google Suite.
- Adaptable to learning new systems.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with a professional and solutions-oriented mindset.
- Collaborative, enthusiastic, and research-minded.
- Ability to use feedback constructively.
- Results and deadline-oriented with a strong sense of follow-through.
- Proven ability to work independently and collaboratively on team projects.
Skills
- Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Google Suite
- Sales data analysis
- Trend analysis
- Fashion trends
- Designer knowledge
Location
- Remote on Fridays (for corporate employees and technical leaders)
Work Type
- Office centric work
- Remote on Fridays
Experience Level
- At least one year in a related industry role or relevant internships
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Merchandising, Marketing, Business, or a related field preferred, but not required.
Salary/Compensations
- $48,527 to $60,659
Benefits
- Paid Time Off including vacation, paid bereavement, and family sick leave
- Universal Paid Parental Leave for both parents + flexible return to work program
- Paid Sabbatical after 5 years of continuous service
- Exclusive employee subscription and rental discounts
- Comprehensive health, vision, dental, FSA and dependent care from day 1 of employment
- 401k match
- Company wide events and outings
About the Company
- Rent the Runway (RTR) is transforming the way we get dressed by pioneering the world’s first Closet in the Cloud.
- Founded in 2009, RTR has disrupted the $2.4 trillion fashion industry by inspiring women with a more joyful, sustainable and financially-savvy way to feel their best every day.
- As the ultimate destination for circular fashion, the brand now offers infinite points of access to its shared closet via a fully customizable subscription to fashion, one-time rental or ownership.
- RTR offers designer apparel and accessories from 700+ brand partners and has built in-house proprietary technology and a one-of-a-kind reverse logistics operation.
- RTR has been named to CNBC’s “Disruptor 50” five times in ten years, and has been placed on Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list multiple times.
Equal Opportunity
- Rent the Runway is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law, we prohibit discrimination against any applicant or employee based on any legally-recognized basis, including, but not limited to: race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age (40 and over), national origin or ancestry, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), veteran status, uniformed service member status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.