Shopbop.com is seeking a Senior Assistant Buyer to provide operational and buying support for the Footwear Buyer, helping to grow and maintain relationships with key vendors and drive business goals. The successful candidate will have a keen sense of fashion and trends, be self-starting, flexible, highly organized, results-oriented, and reliable. They will have excellent analytical skills and strong computer skills. They must have the proven ability to work well under pressure in a demanding environment where teamwork is key. They will also be career-oriented with a strong desire to take on increasing levels of responsibility.

Key job responsibilities
• Manage a subset of brands within the department; responsible for all buying functions for that subset including assortment planning, purchase order management, and negotiating profitability
• Create and analyze item selling reports. Manage opportunities for reorders and potential liabilities with high level of accuracy
• Drive in season buying strategy, including product selection and key item development with assistance of buyer
• Provide administrative and operational support to the team including open to buy components, maintaining on-order follow up, in season reorders and profitability.
• Help negotiate terms, RTV/swaps, additional extended terms discounts, and off price with vendors.
• Monitor site daily to ensure products are properly represented
• Attend market appointments
• Assist buyer in identifying key trends and finding new brands.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

New York, NY, USA