Assistant Buyer - Palmetto Moon

Palmetto Moon is a rapidly growing specialty apparel, accessories, home and gifts retailer celebrating the Southern lifestyle.  A compa... 

Responsibilities:

Analyze daily and weekly reports to identify opportunities

Create and process reorders for weekly inventory fill ins

Assist with assortment and merchandising planning

Negotiate volume discounts and terms

Maintain and facilitate vendor relationships/negotiations

Work with monthly plans and current sales trends to effectively manage inventory levels

Manage open order log

Work with vendors and shipping departments to ensure timely receipt of goods

Work with allocator to determine product distribution at the store level

Assist marketing department with POP and Sales Promotion

Opportunity to manage/direct single departments with buyer supervision

Identify and research key market trends and new vendor opportunities

Use reporting to identify needs and risks @ style and store level for assigned buyer's departments

Meet with potential new and current vendors

Identify inventory risks and markdown strategies

Market travel required