Location: HQ - Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Status: 100% on-site
Compensation: $70,000-80,000
Position Summary: Associate Buyer for Women’s RTW (Multi-brand) will assist with the procurement of third-party merchandise for the business area and the administrative activity required to maintain a constant and adequate flow of merchandise to the stores. They will recap and analyze the business, manage SKU counts, and grow the overall Women’s RTW omni channels to help achieve seasonal sales and inventory goals. They will work with vendors to plan in-store trainings, create exclusives, and equip store teams with necessary incentives and information to inspire selling. A primary focus will be growing our online and social presence. They should have strong analytical skills with knowledge of retail math and Excel, along with a demonstrated understanding of the luxury retail market.
The overall primary focus is to maximize the Women’s Multi-brand RTW business.
Responsibilities
Primary Responsibilities:
- Run daily / weekly / monthly reports to recap and analyze the business; react to in-season needs by partnering with store teams and vendors
- Key transfers and track merchandise receipts to ensure a balance stock level and to maximize seasonal sell thru
- Manage all stages of purchase order entry and style creation
- Ensure seamless flow of receipt for incoming product; communicate upcoming shipments to Logistics and coordinate invoice payments with AP
- Orchestrate weekly product shoots for the website, partnering with photography team for styling accuracy and with web team to ensure seamless posting and online accuracy
- Select brands/products for weekly e-newsletter and social exposure
- Create and distribute product knowledge to stores and internal teams for new brand launches, upcoming seasonal deliveries, and vendor sale incentives
- Schedule and prepare for market appointments; attend local market appointments assisting with product selection and overall assortments
- Shop marketplace to identify new brand/trend opportunities
Requirements
Experience:
- 3-4 years of experience with a background in buying and/or planning
Skills
- Strong organizational and communication skills
- Ability to think and react in a high-energy, fast-paced environment
- High level of proficiency in retail math and Excel
Who You Are
Professional Characteristics:
Ability to multitask
- Self-motivated
- Goal oriented
- Team player
Established in 2011 in New York City, Kith is a lifestyle brand and specialty retailer that offers seasonal collections of men’s, women’s and children’s apparel, accessories and footwear through a distinct lens of personal storytelling. Kith embodies a multi-faceted lifestyle, with uncompromising detail to fabrication and design. Led by Founder, CEO and Creative Director Ronnie Fieg, the brand is known globally for evoking nostalgia from a dynamic point of view, and working closely with a carefully selected set of best-in-class collaborators.
Kith operates 16 standalone boutiques around the world, and 3 shop-in-shops. Kith Treats, conceived from Fieg’s childhood love for cereal, operates in 10 locations, as well as Sadelle’s at Kith restaurants in Paris, Miami Design District, Toronto and Seoul.
The Kinnect Foundation, a non-profit established and operated by Kith, is a non-profit devoted to creating positive change through education, community and social impact.
