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Category Merchandising

Beaverton, OR; Hybrid
Date:

Overview

Placement Type:

Temporary

Salary:

$37.19 to $41.33 an Hour

Start Date:

06.02.2025

Our client is looking for a Lead Buyer to be a part of their Stores Merchandising Team. You will be responsible for Women’s Apparel for thier Inline stores in North America geography. A successful Lead Buyer will be strategic, entrepreneurial, and have the ability to represent ther stores in key leadership meetings. They will thrive and contribute to an inclusive, positive, and progressive team dynamic, as well as manage and lead in a way that elevates the total team. A strong Lead Merchant will be an advocate and mentor to their peers and feel comfortable overseeing and advising the work of individual contributors. The role requires the ability to partner, communicate, and influence key cross-functional partners to bring to life the end in mind vision of the assortment to best serve our consumers. Strong sense of business acumen, the ability to manage and drive multiple seasons, and a deep understanding of trend, consumer, and marketplace will be critical to this role.

Our client is looking for consumerists with a passion for all sports with an understanding of how sport moments can change lives, effect cities, and communities. This person will have an affinity for product and enjoys the energy of moving at the pace of retail and the consumer. A successful Lead Buyer will thrive and contribute to a positive and progressive team dynamic, as well as lead in a way that elevates the total team.

This role is responsible for adapting & curating consumer right assortments with end in mind for the client’s store business by using historical data, analytics and real-time market feedback to advise the future (coming seasons) while winning today (in-season read & react/selling & serving)!

The candidate should possess proven retail competence and analytical abilities, have an understanding of retail environments, and bring a consumerist perspective to the team and business. They are comfortable mentoring the daily work of individual contributors within a structured coaching framework.

Responsibilities:

  • You will own bringing the seasonal assortment to life in Stores. You will understand related aspects of the business and marketplace in making your plans, including coordinating between genders, brands and how individual products or collections impact each other. You will collaborate cross functionally to ensure assortment plans meet consumer demand and strategies execute.
  • You will hone consumer-centric assortment plans across multiple seasons with an understanding of our client’s position in the market & competitive landscape to blend fact-based and intuitive inputs. You will participate in seasonal buy reviews and in-season trading to influence actions to optimize growth with your critical partners.
  • We work closely with fellow merchants, buyers and cross-functional teams; in particular Digital and Stores Buying, Consumer Merchandising, Planning, Allocation, Visual Merchandising and Brand Marketing. We also work with finance, operations and the insights/analytics teams; relying on business reporting which includes quantitative and qualitative metrics on sales, inventory and consumer behaviors.

Responsibilities:

  • Requires Bachelor’s Degree or additional 2 years experience in lieu of degree
  • 5+ years experience in footwear or apparel buying and/or merchandising, product creation and/or retail in a vertical, multi-brand or digital environment
  • Strong affinity for current market trends and how apparel can continue to be a style leader in the marketplace
  • Footwear, Apparel, Equipment or relevant consumer product buying and/or merchandising experience
  • Understanding of common retail and/or digital profit-based metrics such as sell-through, turn, ASP, UPT and others
  • Ability to contribute to and drive strategy into action
  • Ability to travel up to 10%

The target hiring compensation range for this role is $37.19 to $41.33 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

About Aquent Talent:

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Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits

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Client Description

Global leader in athletic footwear, apparel, and equipment. Our client focuses on innovation, performance, and marketing, partnering with top athletes and teams. The company emphasizes sustainability and digital advancements to enhance the sports experience.