What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Buyer position at The Vermont Country Store?
The Vermont Country Store is one of the most unique and beloved companies in America. Orton Family owned since 1946, the company offers a comprehensive assortment of high-quality, practical and hard-to-find goods through its catalog, website and two stores in Weston and Rockingham, Vermont. Despite the company’s image as an old-fashioned country store, The Vermont Country Store is a champion of innovation in our marketing, our operations and as an employer of choice. For two years running, The Vermont Country Store has earned the #1 ranking in the Universal Service Provider category of Newsweek Magazine’s Best Online Shops, placing ahead of Amazon, WalMart, Target and other industry leaders. Come join our high-performing team who collaborate, innovate, and deliver strong results. We're committed to seeking life-long learners, promoting from within and creating long-term opportunities for those who excel. We welcome you to apply even if you don’t check all the boxes. We hope you'll consider joining us and see where a career with us can lead you.
Does your dream job include finding and developing great new products? The Associate Buyer role within the Merchandising team seeks out new product that will delight our customers while achieving our growth objectives.
Location: 5650 Main St, Manchester, Vermont 05255
Key Responsibilities:
- Identify great new product and category opportunities and bring them to market
- Develop and manage merchandise assortment for assigned categories to achieve sales and growth objectives
- Understand the competitive marketplace and pursue category opportunities that align with business plans
- Review and analyze key performance metrics for products and develop a plan to capitalize on strengths and address weaknesses
- Develop relationships with vendors to maximize product quality and growth potential
- Collaborate closely with various internal teams
- Participate and present in product brainstorming meetings to identify new product and category ideas
What you bring:
- Energetic self-starter that works well in a team as well as independently
- Combination of creativity to drive innovation and analytical skills to drive business performance
- Passion for product and innovation
- Detail oriented with consistent and timely follow through
- Good presentation, listening, verbal, and written skills
- 3-5 years of merchandising or product management experience in a direct to consumer or retail environment or equivalent experience in a related field
- Experience using Excel
What we offer:
- A team-oriented culture filled with truly “good” people
- We have flexible working hours and work from home days to accommodate your personal life
- An onsite wellness center including free wellness, acute care visits and programs with Licensed Family Nurse Practitioner
- Onsite fitness facilities
- We offer a generous employee discount
- We offer a competitive salary package, 401-K, commuter benefit, dental, vision, an ICHRA employer contribution for medical insurance, contributions to the cost of childcare, employer paid life, short-term and long-term disability, voluntary life insurance, accident, hospital and critical illness, auto insurance, home insurance, recreational toys insurance
- Potential for quarterly bonus
- Numerous philanthropic programs including paid volunteer hours and matching charitable contributions
