Terrain Assistant Buyer
2 weeks ago
Role Summary:
Terrain is looking for an Assistant Buyer to be responsible for creating an exciting and timely assortment that meets or exceeds the sales volume and profits for their respective departments. They are to execute the vision of the Managing Director, GMM, DMM and Creative Director and intuitively respond to customer feedback and market trends. In addition, this person must develop action plans that drive category specific growth and increase profitability. This person along with your Sr Buyer is responsible for the entire product life cycle from conception to post-season analysis. They will be accountable to the success of their business unit and are expected to use data along with their intuition to direct the assortment of their category.
Role Responsibilities:
- Analyze weekly and monthly sales, stock and on-order with the goal of optimizing sales and minimizing markdowns
- Manage the financial elements of the business, e.g., OTB, IMU, MD’s, etc. for assigned classes, with solid understanding of how decisions can impact each metric
- Identify the appropriate products and trends that will appeal to the customer and exceed internal sales and margin goals, while aligning with the brand’s concept and core aesthetic, with the support of their Sr Buyer manager
- Own product development process from design to creation of techpacks and sourcing to delivery, with the support of a shared Merch Assistant
- Hit all calendar milestones in the product development process to secure on-time deliveries
- Partner with the Sr Buyer, DMM, GMM, and Creative Director, along with comprehensive analysis of the business, e.g., last year results, current trends, etc, to confirm buying and production direction is on target
- Build relationships with vendors and negotiate with them for the best pricing
- Ensure assortment built for each season can hit all key metrics (sales, IMU and GM), through pre season and in season sku planning and analysis
- Decide initial buy quantities, along with replenishment quantities to ensure an optimal stock position, keeping in mind lead-times, vendor issues and shipping delays, along with seasonal builds
- Work in-season to analyze and react to current business trends, actively pursuing emerging opportunities and pivoting strategy, when appropriate, to mitigate risk
- Lead internal weekly production meetings with manager
- updating them on sampling progress and vendor questions.
- Full ownership of sample management
- request and track samples of all items on order (for PR, web photo, meetings) and ensure they are timely, organized, prioritized and present upon request. Any delays or problems with availability are addressed pro-actively with manager. This includes physically opening boxes of samples daily, as well as keeping sample shelves organized.
- Own web and creative turnover
- Manage photo sample request process for web photography and creative shoots. Communicate any delays with receipt of samples.
- Remain flexible as team priorities shift
Role Qualifications:
- 2+ years of buying/planning/production experience; home category experience a plus
- Strength in excel, pivot tables and reporting
- Strong organization, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Ability to understand numbers while also having the creative mindset to design product
- Appreciation and understanding of Terrain brand
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