Assistant Buyer

Job Title: Assistant Buyer

Pay Rate: $29/hr - $31.52/hr on W2

Duration: Until end of Feb 2025

Location: Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Assistant Buyer, Retail Stores & Ecommerce

As the Assistant Buyer, you will drive our retail sales for all locations throughout our AMER region (US, Canada) which is critical to our overall success. You will have the opportunity to learn and grow your career with a team and company dedicated to internal movement and employee success. You will assist in procurement for product for all channels of Retail (e.g. Full Price & Outlet) and will maintain purchase orders, manages receipt flows, creates/executes pricing strategies, and reacts to the various needs of the business. While you are able to work with product and trend analysis, your strengths are with analytics and managing data. Your efforts will ensure maximum sales & gross margin performance coupled with inventory management.

What you will do:

• Manages purchase order process from top to bottom, ensuring specified deadlines are met. As well as receipt flow and secure timely deliveries by partnering with business planning and customer service.
• Assists with planning and executing pricing strategies in accordance with fiscal responsibilities, maximizing sales, margin, & inventory management
• Assists in developing assortment plans, sales forecasts, writing reports, & analyzing sales figures, along with reviewing & reacting to sales performance and selling reports
• Communicates needs/strategies with Store Operations, (e.g. District Manager/Store Manager)
• Manage samples: organize samples by season for merchant presentations, floorset preparation, marketing needs, and sample sales.

How you will do it:

• Work closely with the buyer to execute the business strategies and objectives utilizing SAP, Business Objectives (BOBJ), Excel, and PowerPoint.

What success looks like:

• Meeting sales & gross margin performance coupled with inventory management
• Completing deliverables in timely and accurate manner

Skills for Success

• Years of Related Professional Experience: 2 years of prior experience in chain-store buying or merchandising at the Assistant or Associate level.
• Educational Position Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree (BA) or equivalent from four-year college or university; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• A formal education and subsequent undergraduate/graduate degrees are nice to have, but we are most interested in your total experience and professional achievements.

What we expect you already know:

• Proficient Computer skills to include Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, and other relevant Retail

applications

• Detail oriented with strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to calculate figures and amounts with knowledge/experience in retail math
• Knowledge/experience in SAP and BOBJ preferred
• Develops collaborative and diverse relationships

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT:

Suna Solutions provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Applicants, with criminal histories, are considered in a manner that is consistent with local, state, and federal laws.

REQUESTING AN ACCOMODATION

Suna Solutions is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. If you are hired by Suna Solutions and require accommodation to perform the essential functions of your role, you will be asked to participate in our reasonable accommodation process. Accommodations made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodations once hired.

If you would like to be considered for employment opportunities with Suna Solutions and have accommodation needs for a disability or religious observance, please call us at 1 (888) 223-4788, send us an email or speak with your recruiter.

PAY TRANSPARENCY POLICY STATEMENT

Compensation for roles at Suna Solutions varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific client, office or remote location, role, skill set and level of experience. As required by local law, Suna Solutions provides a reasonable pay scale to include the hourly or salary range that Suna Solutions reasonably expects to pay for roles that may be hired in California, Colorado, New York City or Washington as set forth below.