Associate Buyer, Domestic Sourcing - Pottery Barn

Job description

About the Team You will be part of a collaborative team responsible for creating assortment strategies based on analyzing sales and trend. Our job blends creativity, analytics, and marketing. About the Role: The Associate Buyer will develop business strategies and seasonal assortment plans to maximize the development of the brand, sales and profits for the department. You will be responsible for coordinating information across Pottery Barn Brands and functions working closely with Merchandising, Inventory, Ecom and Visual to ensure the process is followed and timelines met. You will research, identify and develop suppliers that meet the product requirements of the assigned categories and lead meetings with third party vendors while identifying opportunities and recommending new products or concepts for the department. 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. - I...