CSC Generation · 3 months ago
Associate Buyer – Women's and Youth Soft Goods
Cottonwood Heights, UT
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry, Mid Level
2+ years expCSC Generation, through its brand Backcountry, aims to connect people to their passions by providing premium outdoor products. The Associate Buyer for Women's and Youth Soft Goods will curate product assortments, manage vendor relationships, and oversee inventory management to drive financial results and enhance the customer experience.
AnalyticsFinanceRetailSoftware
Responsibilities
Curate seasonal product assortments, balancing pricing, category mix, brand mix, and inventory selection
Build and maintain strong vendor relationships, handling terms, discounts, pricing, promotional periods, compliance, image usage, price matching, and exclusive buys
Create and manage purchase orders including SKU setup, style/color/size allocation, and dollar/quantity planning. Ensure on-time submissions, track edits, resolve past-due orders, and oversee pre-season and ASAP orders
Partner with manager to define preseason and in-season pricing and promotional strategies. Build promotional calendars, manage cadence, select product for campaigns, and ensure setup accuracy. Oversee promo functionality, price matching, in-season price breaks, and end-of-season markdowns. Monitor performance, communicate updates across teams, and identify risks or opportunities to maximize results
Align with Planning on preseason receipt flow, assortment allocation, and sell-through targets. Drive strategies for slow-moving and aged inventory, manage vendor RTVs/markdowns, and ensure inventory aligns with company financial goals
Optimize product presentation across the site, including imagery, taxonomy, facets, and product boosting/sort order. Manage cross-sell and up-sell opportunities and oversee backorders to improve the customer experience
Identify opportunities to automate recurring reports and routine analysis using AI tools or workflow platforms, and help implement or maintain these solutions. Support the team by suggesting ways technology and automation can make day-to-day tasks faster, more accurate, and less manual
Qualification
Required
2+ years of relevant industry merchandising and buying experience
Solid foundation of retail math and buying fundamentals
Proficient in Microsoft Office (proficiency in Excel a must)
Excellent organizational skills and extreme attention to detail
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong analytical skills
Outstanding time management skills
Ability to perform under pressure and prioritize competing tasks/initiatives
Preferred
Experience in outdoor brands and merchandising preferred
Willingness and ability to travel as needed
Benefits
Paid time off policies
401(k)/RRSP match
Medical/dental/vision and a variety of supplemental policies
Employee discounts at our portfolio companies
Company
CSC Generation
CSC Generation develops a proprietary technology platform designed to save brands from liquidating.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2024-08-27Series E
2021-10-01Series D
2019-01-01Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Justin Yoshimura
Founder, Chairman and CEO
Recent News
2025-07-19
2025-03-28
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