Assistant Buyer, Men's, Bergdorf Goodman
Core
Assistant Buyer supporting the Men's department at a luxury department store, managing vendor partnerships, inventory productivity, and price changes.
Role type
Assistant Buyer (Men's Luxury Retail)
Builds
Men's fashion assortments for Bergdorf Goodman's physical stores and online platform
Domain
Luxury Retail / Men's Fashion
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
retail math concepts, inventory productivity measures, order management, allocation direction, markdown cadence management, data analysis, MS Excel/Google Sheets
Preferred skills
ambiguity management, multitasking, strategic product assortment development, bottoms-up analysis
Technologies
MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Sheets/Docs/Slides, proprietary buying systems
Responsibilities
Liaise with buyers and brand partners to confirm order details and manage buy sheets; oversee offshore Merchandise Assistants in creating and transmitting purchase orders; provide allocation direction to the Planning team; prepare buyers for market with historical performance insights; act as primary point of contact for execution questions from brand partners and stores; review business performance and recommend in-season actions; manage markdown cadence and oversee price changes.
Seniority
Junior, hands-on IC