Buyer / Merchandise Manager at Retail Startup at offe market

About us:

?? Fast growing retail start-up based in LA, hiring our first Buyer / Merchandise Manager, exciting opportunity to pioneer a new shopping platform. Perfect for go-getter candidates with an entrepreneurial spirit.

?? offe market is a new off-price retail marketplace where we sell excess and overstock inventory and pass the savings onto our customers (up to 80% off brands like Ganni, Baggu and Lisa Says Gah)! We're known as "Gen-Z's TJ Maxx".

?? This is an exciting opportunity to get in on the ground floor at a fast-growing retail startup. The ideal candidate has an entrepreneurial mindset, is energized by the opportunity to shape the future of retail, and is a builder ready to go above and beyond.

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Responsibilities:

Merchandising Strategy

• Brand and Product Selection: Stay at the forefront of brands and trends by optimizing our brand matrix and product assortments.
• Cross-Channel: Develop strategies to drive both in-store and online sales channels, including visual merchandising, curating assortments, new product launches and marketing initiatives.
• Organization and operations: Maintain up-to-date merchandise launch calendar, inventory levels and on-order documents.
• Drive growth: Through product assortments, new sales tactics, inventory levels and gross margin management.
• Reporting and analysis: Identify trends, assess performance, and make data-driven recommendations to drive sales.

Brand Management

• Discovery

  identify high-quality, cult-favorite brands aligned with our values and brand identity

  
  

• Outreach

  Engaging written outreach to new brands, attending tradeshows and other networking events to cultivate relationships

  
  

• Onboarding

  Onboard new brands onto the offe market platform, including negotiating margins and fulfillment methods, preparing contracts and agreements, finalizing and uploading the merchandise product assortment

  
  

• Management: Regular communication with brands to drive close relationships and new sales tactics and marketing initiatives to optimize sell-through of product assortment.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills
• 3+ years in buying, merchandising, sales, and/or partnerships
• Existing relevant brand relationships a plus!
• Creative and strategic thinker, ready to test and innovate
• Proactive, organized, data-driven, and results-oriented
• Passionate and knowledgeable about the retail industry
• Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Benefits

• Health and wellness benefits
• Paid vacation time
• Generous merchandise discounts
• Exciting growth opportunities!

If this sounds like a good fit for you, please email hi@offe.market with the subject line Buyer / Brand Manager with Resume and/or Cover Letter.