Assistant Buyer

Job Purpose and Scope

As an Assistant Buyer, you'll collaborate closely with the Buyer and vendors to analyze market trends, ensuring our product offerings are on point. You'll assist in financial planning, product development, and assortment strategies. Your daily responsibilities will involve managing communications, orders, vendor meetings, and design collaborations to ensure the timely delivery of orders, fit samples, and packaging needs.

Essential Job Functions

• Assist in vendor selection and nurturing vendor partnerships
• Monitor industry trends and assess competition
• Provide input for merchandise strategy and product selection
• Assist with setting up new merchandise in the item database
• Develop sales unit performance reports
• Coordinate and catalog merchandise samples
• Manage timely placement and maintenance of purchase orders
• Contribute to the Retail Operating Forecast
• Assist in establishing pricing strategy
• Execute markdown projections and provide data for vendor allowance negotiation
• Participate in planning and approving advertising and promotions
• Analyze style advertising effectiveness
• Offer feedback for space strategies (fixture/square footage)
• Participate in training and development.
• Support a team environment and engage in team activities
• Foster job satisfaction and positive morale

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of fashion and color trends.
• Skill in analyzing sales data.
• Skill in relationship building and influencing action.
• Ability to maintain attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to maintain a professional attitude.
• Ability to quickly assess a new environment and develop solutions that support the business strategy and critical objectives.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize work projects and meet exacting deadlines.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to demonstrate initiative and work independently, without supervision.
• Ability to demonstrate organizational, time management and project management skills.

Note: This description is not an exhaustive list of all job functions, duties, skills and job standards required. Other job functions, duties, skills, and standards may be added. Management reserves the right to add or change the job requirements at any time.

Position Requirements

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Fashion Merchandising, Business, or a related field required.
• 1-2 years of experience as an Assistant Buyer, preferably in a major department store preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office preferred

Salary & Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, vision, and dental coverage, a generous merchandise discount, a 401(k) plan with employer matching, paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave. Salary will be commensurate with education and experience.

Dillard’s is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, and local law.