Merchandising Buyer

Merchandising Buyer Location:

Beaverton, OR Contract length: ~5 months

Schedule:

Hybrid in Beaverton, OR (WFH on Fridays)

Pay:

$30-32.67/hr, DOE The Planet Group is looking for a Merchandising Buyer to join our well-known retail brand on a roughly 5-month contract! This role is 40 hours per week and will work a hybrid schedule in Beaverton, OR, working from home on Fridays.

Merchandising Buyer Qualifications:

2+ years' experience in footwear or apparel buying and/or merchandising, product creation and/or retail in a vertical, multi-brand or digital environment. Merchandising/buyer heavy on data analytics, Comfortable with large data sets, Excel Knows retail math - stock to sales, seasonal return, identify KPIs Strong affinity for current market trends and how apparel can continue to be a style leader in the marketplace Footwear, Apparel, Equipment or relevant consumer product buying and/or merchandising experience Understanding of common retail and/or digital profit-based metrics such as sell-through, turn, ASP, UPT and others

Merchandising Buyer Description:

You will own translating strategic intent into action against future and current in-season assortments. You will understand related aspects of the business and marketplace in making your plans, including coordinating between genders, brands and how individual products or collections impact each other. You will collaborate cross functionally to ensure actions taken are driving consumer demand and in alignment with the over-arching strategy. You will become an expert within multiple systems as a critical action point to management of a healthy, brand enhancing, revenue driving portfolio. You will participate in seasonal assortment and buy reviews each quarter, as well as in-season trading to influence actions and optimize growth with your partners.