Retail Associate Buyer

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Execute PO’s for all orders from external vendors on a weekly basis
• Own purchase order authorship of 3rd party vendors with the internal Portal to ensure visibility provided to accounting and store teams on delivery order details
• Communicate to and develop strong relationships with vendors to ensure product assortment and pricing is accurately reflected in-store and online
• Leverage vendor relationships to report competitive assortment and pricing strategies to leadership
• Partner with the Marketing team to ensure promotions are executed and messaged effectively and accurately across all stores
• Review accuracy of promotions programmed by IT team to assure compliance to plan prior to state date
• Identify assortment gaps based on SKU count and inventory level targets in collaboration with Merchandise Planners
• Monitor and update vault capacity targets by store, including working with store teams to ensure targets are accurate and future orders are within the optimal inventory levels
• Collaborate with store teams on a frequent basis with updates on product assortment, pricing, promotions, vendor deliveries and in-store events
• Deep dive on sales and inventory reporting to better understand the drivers of business performance
• Resolve discrepancies with vendor invoices, purchase orders, and manifests
• Identify data discrepancies between reporting tools and POS systems

Requirements

• 1-2 years’ experience in retail buying and merchandising
• Prior experience in the cannabis industry preferred (ideally at the dispensary level)
• Self-directed and able to work without supervision; strong cross-functional team player
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment with multiple tasks and projects with the ability to be a creative problem solver
• Intermediate proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Must be 21 years of age or older to apply
• Must comply with all legal or company regulations for working in the industry

Benefits & Perks

• Major medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401(K)-match program
• FSA/HSA programs
• LTD/STD options
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Paid holidays and paid time off
• Annual discretionary bonuses
• Stock options
• Participation in our employee discount program

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