Assistant Buyer - Levin Furniture & Mattress

This is an entry-level position that will support our Merchandising staff in all areas of merchandising.

• Provides support to buying staff
• Provides analysis of product sales
• Supports the Buyer by monitoring the results of competitive shopping and pricing
• Owns item maintenance, maintains records including item, description, cost
• Travel to stores, and collaborate with stores to ensure they have all pertinent information for all products
• Ensures accuracy of merchandise reports and assortment sheets
• Assists the Buyer with all necessary pricing ladders to achieve sales, margin, and turnover targets for total office and area of responsibility.
• Responsible for populating any necessary documents for decision-making
• Coordinates vendor meetings and communication
• Update system for retail changes, cost changes
• Working with the buyer to learn to determine the overall mix of market and private label products for each buying area to ensure the final mix is ultimately customer-oriented
• Assisting the buying team to proof web copy
• Identifying photos on the web to be reshot to drive sale

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in business or merchandising, and 2+ years prior work experience in furniture retail or interior design environment; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to apply effective communication skills, reading, verbal and written, to interact with customers, colleagues, and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated knowledge of PC’s.
• Demonstrated knowledge of software, including Microsoft Office.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, and listening skills.
• Outstanding customer service skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge of furniture
• Ability to travel independently to stores regularly with occasional overnight travel.