Assistant Buyer

Summary:

Our assistant buyers are entrepreneurial, motivated, business owners who strive to present our customers with thoughtfully and responsibly curated assortments. They develop, maintain, and implement frame assortments for each network brand, by segment and capacity.  The Assistant Buyer will partner with the Buyers to create an assortment strategy at the segment/cluster level.  They analyze and manage the process of reviewing frame sales by collection, by network brand and segment, to meet GMROI, sales mix and initial mark up objectives. 

Pay and Pay Class

Pay: $18.88 - $24.21 Hourly

Pay Class: Full Time & Remote

Essential Responsibilities:

1. Development and maintenance of optimum assortments by category/collection to match assortment segmentation strategy, including store specific needs by capacity, sales volume, and demographics. 

1. Communicate and manage assortment changes in conjunction with the merchandising, inventory, and visual merchandising departments in the company.

1. Analyze sales trends by frame collection by segment for each network brand, bi-annually, or as needed, to recommend merchandising assortment changes per cluster, to optimize profit dollars
2. Assist buyers with selection and organization of samples for each category.
3. Responsible for requesting all new samples and coordination of samples.
4. Assist buyers with SKU attribute set up, partnering with vendors as needed
5. Assist buyers with keying in orders, frame samples, selling reports and any other processes on an as needed basis.
6. Respond to store questions and requests and take action to satisfy any customer or store issues

Education:

• High School Diploma, Associate degree, or equivalent work experience

• Bachelor’s degree preferred

Experience & Background:

• Three - Five (5) years of related work experience

• Strong organizational skills and ability to execute detailed tasks and processes

• Strong customer focus

• Proficient in Microsoft Office including PowerPoint and Excel

Language Skills:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Mathematical Skills:

• Strong retail math skills
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret graphs

Reasoning Ability:

• Strong critical thinking; enjoys solving complex problems
• Ability to think logically in following procedures and instructions

Essential Responsibilities related to Physical Demands/Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the associate is frequently required to sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel, and talk or hear.  The associate is frequently required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.   The associate must frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.  Required repetitive motion of sitting and using hands to finger and feel.    The noise level in this location is moderate (use of computers, printers and machines).

Activity

Amount of Time

None

Under 1/3

1/3 to 2/3

Over 2/3

Stand

X

Walk

X

Sit

X

Use hands to finger, handle, or feel

X

Reach with Hands and Arms

X

Climb or balance

X

Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl

X

Talk or hear

X

Close Vision (clear vision at 20” or less)

X

Essential Responsibilities related to Behavioral Characteristics:

• Commitment to accuracy
• Detail oriented with strong organizational/time management skills
• Ability to handle multiple assignments/tasks efficiently with interruptions and deadlines
• Strong customer focus
• Ability to work collaboratively with all areas within the Company
• Detail oriented with strong organizational/time management skills

HIPAA & Security Requirements

All Associates must comply with the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as it pertains to disclosures of protected health information (PHI) as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and HIPAA Privacy Policies and Procedures. As a component of job roles and responsibilities, Associates may have access to covered information, cardholder data or other confidential customer information which must be protected at all times.  As a result, Associates must explicitly adhere to all data security guidelines established within the Company’s Privacy & Security Training Program.

Visionworks is an equal opportunity employer, committed to the hiring, advancement, and fair treatment of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, ethnicity, disability or veteran status, or any other protected status designated by federal, state, or local law.

The specific statements shown in each section of this description are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements and criteria considered necessary to perform the job successfully.  As required by changing business needs, complete additional essential responsibilities as identified and assigned.