Assistant Buyer

The ideal candidate is interested in plants and gardening. This is a full-time position, Monday through Friday, 8am-5pm. Full-time employees enjoy a comprehensive benefit package to include medical, dental and vision health insurance, matching 401k, earns sick and vacation time, paid holidays, a store discount and much more.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Creates suggested orders of basic merchandise as directed by Department Buyer.
• Reviews zero quantity on hand reports weekly.
• Checks the Buyers list for special orders daily.
• Updates catalogs and price lists with most current pricing and cost information.
• Works in conjunction with Accounts Payable on matching credit memos with debit memos and with Data Processing on updating perpetual inventory information.
• Assist sales associates with bin lable maintenance when retail prices change or merchandise is marked for store closeout/discontinued.
• Perform data entry and process pre-season orders for seasonal merchandise changes.

Non-Essential Job Functions:

• Provides support documents and information on all returns to returns coordinator.
• Assists sales associates with maintaining inventory count accuracy.
• Participates in hands-on training of the features, benefits, application, and "how to sell" of the products in the area of responsibility.
• Works in conjunction with the Buyer and Section Manager on shrinkage prevention programs, maintains high awareness of causes of loss, and reports all security violations to Store Management.
• Maintains a clean and safe work area for customers and employees, executes the proper reporting of accidents and/or safety hazards, knows the location and operation of fire extinquishers, and trains other employees on any hazardous materials sold in the section and proper procedures for spill clean-up.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Experiences working in a retail environment as a sales associate, supervisor, manager, or buyer's assistant; or experience as a retail sales associate/cashier combined with previous office administrative experience.
• Computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite, proficient in Excel.
• Familiarity with Eagle Inventory Control System is a plus.
• Utilized training to stay up to date with any software changes that affect buyer's role.
• Adhers to Company policy and procedures.
• Act as a role model within and outside the company.
• Performs duties as workload necessitates.
• Maintains a positive and respectful attitude and makes a diligent effort to work agreeably with fellow section employees and department heads.
• Communicates regularly with supervisor and department heads
• Demonstrates flexible and efficient time management and ability to prioritize workload without constant supervision.
• Consistently reports to work on time prepared to perform duties of position.
• Meets department productivity standards.
• Is willing to accept assignment to other sections or departments as needed.