Free People, Associate Buyer - Bottoms/Shorts

Job description

Role Summary Free People is looking for an Associate buyer to work within our growing bottoms, pants and shorts category who is responsible for working with the buyer and creating an exciting and timely product assortment for the retail and direct businesses that meet or exceed the sales volume and profit for the department. Role Responsibilities: - Supporting the daily operations within designated buying area and developing partnerships with the buyer on all necessary tasks - Ownership of buying a product class within the buying area - The ability to conceptually plan assortments that meet financial objectives - Delegating and directing the daily activities of the assistants and provide direction to the team - Prioritizing tasks and balancing the immediate and long term needs of the business - Researching and executing development of product in the marketplace - Personnel skills to work well with cross functional partners and team to achieve plans - Working closely with planning to understand financial indicators to react and drive business - Working with the buyer to learn to determine the overall mix of market and private label product for each buying area to ensure the final mi...