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Williams-Sonoma, Inc. · 4 months ago

Associate Buyer - Bathroom (Pottery Barn)

151 Union Street, San Francisco, CA, 94111, US

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid Level

$80K/yr - $85K/yr

3+ years exp

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is a leading home goods retailer seeking an Associate Buyer for their Bathroom division. The role involves developing business strategies and seasonal assortment plans to enhance brand development, sales, and profits while coordinating with various functions to ensure process adherence and timely execution.

Responsibilities

Develop business strategies and seasonal assortment plans to maximize the development of the brand, sales and profits for the department

Own final assortment plans (line lists), product details, target retails, estimated IMU, importance to overall assortment (big bets) and floor plan location for developing purchase projections and buy plans

Identify emerging trends and develop business strategies outlining strengths, weaknesses, new opportunities and threats. Obtain feedback from stores to improve product and add to collections

Participate in the development of the annual and seasonal financial plans

Provide SKU information to Merchandising Operations for input

Responsible for coordinating information across functions working closely with Design, Inventory Management, Sourcing, Production, Packaging and Visual to ensure the process is followed and timelines met

Present product vision and category performance to members of our leadership team

Correspond with functional areas. Resolves, handles, and escalates difficult issues to Director/Buyer, Call Center and Stores

Qualification

Corporate merchandising experienceAdvanced retail math skillsAdvanced MS Excel skillsPresentation skillsLeadership skillsWork autonomouslyWork in fast pace environmentWritten communicationVerbal communicationDecision-making skills