Assistant Buyer

We are seeking an Assistant Buyer to join our merchandising team at Sur La Table. As an Assistant Buyer, you will be responsible for the day-to-day execution of the department's strategic vision across stores and digital channels.

Your primary focus will be on ensuring accurate and on-time delivery of product data, pricing, and promotional activities. You will work closely with the Buyer and other team members to drive business results and achieve sales goals.

Key responsibilities include:

• Creating and setting up new SKUs, including completing new item set-up sheets and procuring vendor assets
• Maintaining ongoing SKU maintenance, including pricing changes, status changes, case pack changes, and style number changes
• Populating and maintaining accurate product data in the PIM system for buildout of items across digital channels
• Entering promotional sessions in the system, executing price change entries, and maintaining a comprehensive price change tracker
• Serving as a day-to-day point of contact with vendors for procuring assets and coordinating requests
• Managing sample requests, tracking, and organisation for assigned departments
• Proofing customer-facing detail for accuracy across email, digital assets, signage, and packaging
• Supporting business reporting and analysis, including pulling recurring sales and inventory data and contributing to recaps
• Maintaining compliance-related documents and trackers for assigned departments
• Building store presentation merchandising decks for assigned departments
• Leveraging and developing AI-powered tools to drive speed, accuracy, and efficiency in day-to-day work

Requirements:

• 2+ years of experience in buying, merchandise planning, or merchandising support, preferably in a hard-goods omni-channel retail environment
• 1+ years of experience performing business planning and data analysis
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines across departments
• Strong analytical ability and retail math skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint)
• Comfort adopting and developing AI-powered tools to improve speed and accuracy of recurring work

Benefits:

• Clear career path with structured progression toward the Associate Buyer role and beyond
• Hands-on development through direct, on-the-job experience
• Mentorship and ownership, with real work from day one
• Competitive benefits, including paid time off policies, 401(k) match, medical/dental/vision, and employee discounts