Assistant Buyer, Footwear

Communication skills are a vital part of being a buying assistant. They must communicate within the buying department, retail, logistics, and operations to provide information and problem solve. Buying Assistants must have organizational skills, as well as the ability to multitask.  They must possess a strong knowledge of the Microsoft Office software suite and be able to create specialized spreadsheets through Excel.

• Helping maintain order entry into our own database system (VRP) as well as our partner's B2B websites (Nike, Adidas, Converse, New Balance, etc), 

  • Handover the VRP creation of POs to Arista through consolidating Buy Sheets seasonally

• Managing weekly reports to send to vendors. 

• Managing UPC and Logistics Value entry when needed by stores asap and in advance when available.

• Creating buy sheets with all appropriate images/information. 

• Helping add releases to the calendar in advance (Jordan, Nike, Adidas). 

• Cross check the weekly roadmaps for launches from vendors (NIKE, Adidas, etc.)

• Reviewing Not On Display, adding the product information

Experience:

• 1-3 years of experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Economics, or Finance preferred

• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office

• Strong organizational and communication skills