Associate Buyer, Juniors

Pacific Sunwear offers apparel, accessories and footwear for teens andyoung adults through its 960 PacSun stores located across the United Statesand Puerto Rico. Our Corporate Office is located in the City of Anaheim, inbeautiful Southern California. All corporate employees enjoy a daily casualdress code, access to a full gym with showers and locker room, as well asan outdoor basketball court, volleyball court and a cafe. Pacific Sunwear'sdistribution center is located in Olathe, Kansas. Regional Director,District Manager and store positions are located throughout the UnitedStates.

Position Description:

Assist the buyer in Managing all aspects of the category businesses in order to drive results that meet or exceed the planned financial and qualitative objectives established for the fiscal period, support administrative needs of the business group. Assume full responsibility for a classification or classifications as assigned by the Buyer. Take data flow information and independently make recommendations on how to drive the business, take initiative to understand variance to plan and prior year, build partnerships that allow for open and timely communication and have confidence to speak in open forums and provide value added comments. Essential Duties: Driving sales and margins through vendor communication, internal design and product development, presenting new strategies and opportunities for sales and profits for their classification. Maintain the P.O. system and manage orders and deliveriesPrepare for meetings and projects with Business AnalystsSit in on vendors’ appointments and participate in Product Development and purchasing in the market as well as internally with PacSun’s products.

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Qualifications:

The individual must possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities and be able to explain and demonstrate that he or she can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, using some other combination of skills and abilities:Excellent knowledge of Word, familiar with Island Pacific and comfortable with Excel and Lotus. Education/Experience: Minimum of two years experience in buying office as an Assistant Buyer preferred. Must have strong communication skills, providing direction to private label, design and product development team and brands. Ability to work as a team memberMust be task driven and pro-active when it comes to executing tasksMust be numerically strong and understand the relation of sales and inventory; perform analysis and derive trend/risk opportunities and must be proactive in identifying risks and opportunities.