Associate Buyer

OVERVIEW

As the International Associate Buyer, you will be reporting to the Sr. International Buyer and partnering closely with cross-functional teams to drive the success and rapid growth of the international business. You will be a point person to answer any buying related questions and support each country and division’s specific needs. You will help analyze the business at a country level to become an expert in each market and make pricing and assortment recommendations accordingly. Furthermore, you will assist in creating reports and helping build seasonal buys for international.

At Alo, our in-office collaboration and culture is one of our greatest assets, we believe in being together to build strong team partnership and cross functional team relationships, this position requires to be full time in office.

This position will report to the Sr International Buyer.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare weekly, quarterly and adhoc reports for the international division.
• Help manage inventory tracking per country and monitor inventory levels per store.
• Assist with setting up seasonal pricing files and developing pricing strategy per country/currency.
• Work in partnership with Sr. Buyer & Planning team to execute buys; opportunity to own a country or divisional buy.
• Help maintain seasonal assortment per store in Anaplan.
• Attend all pertinent meetings and advocate for international needs based on knowledge of trend and selling data.
• Analyze sales in-season and post-season, utilize learnings to inform in-season and future season actions, strategies, and assortments.
• Communicate business needs with internal cross-functional partners, including Planning, Allocations, Merchandising, Marketing, & Production.
• Understand the needs for all divisions from an Omni level, identify stores needs vs Digital needs of the International channel.
• Conduct PO Management tasks such as tracking and monitoring Warehouse ETAs and in-turn advise the Merchandising Team whether launch dates will be met or at risk.
• Present to leadership the various analysis on sales in-season and post-season, utilize learnings to inform in-season and future season actions, strategies, and assortments.

Qualifications

• BA or BS preferred.
• 2-4 years of experience in merchandising/buying/planning
• Knowledge of the European & Asian Market is a bonus
• Excellent writing, communication, and presentation skills.
• Flexible, Results-oriented who possesses excellent prioritization and project management skills, and who has a strong sense of focus, organization, and meticulous attention to detail.
• A positive go-getter and team player, who can also work independently with the ability to troubleshoot and work in a fast-moving, multi-tasking environment with numerous deadlines.
• Highly proficient in using the MS Office Suite including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.

The base salary range for this position is $85,000-$105,000 per year which represents the current range for the base salary for this exempt position. Please note that actual salaries will vary based on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. As such, on occasion and when applicable, there is the possibility that the final, agreed-upon base salary may be outside of the upper end of the range. Please also note the range listed is just one component of the company’s total rewards package for exempt employees. Other rewards may include performance bonuses, long term incentives, a PTO policy, and many other progressive benefits.

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