Assistant Buyer at Randstad USA

Buyer/Merchant - Entry - Asst Merchant Dockers

Pay Rate: 30-39 per hour

Through 4/6/2025

Hybrid San Francisco

Assistant Merchant Job Description Summary

We believe that clothes — and how you make them — can make a difference. Since 1853, we’ve been obsessed with innovation to meet people’s needs. We invented the first blue jean. And we reinvented khaki pants. We pioneered labor and environmental guidelines for our manufacturing partners. And we work to build sustainability into everything we do. A company doesn’t last 160 years by standing still. It endures by reinventing itself, striving to delight its consumers, winning in the marketplace, and by remaining true to its values. We employ more than 17,000 people around the world – supporting great brands, including Levi’s®, Dockers® and Denizen®. Our employees are committed to innovation, creativity and collaboration. Put simply, if you’re looking for a new opportunity, this is a great place to grow your career. We are looking for an Assistant Merchant to act as an integral part of our global merchandising team. It is important to us this person can manage and provide day-to-day support within a cross-functional role, with a wide range of diverse responsibilities anywhere between bee keeping and wizard training. Ideally this person is someone who can twirl flaming batons with their eyes closed, while hopping on a pogo stick, without neglecting emails or outlook notifications. If you are this person we would love to get to know you and we can certainly assure you that your talents will never be overlooked.

Job Description

• The notable responsibilities of the Assistant Merchant are:
• · Contribute to some aspects of Product Development activities
• · Contribute to the execution of the annual brand plan
• · Create and maintain line plans/matrix and communicate plan to stakeholders
• · Assist with targeted consumer research via market shopping and trade/fashion publications to contribute to line development and pricing strategy
• · Create and maintain internal seasonal sample lines
• · Act as a conduit of information, materials and samples to external agencies
• · Assist in creating Manufacturing Ready Packages
• · Maintain seasonal product integrity in our system
• · Present product lines at internal meetings

What the Assistant Merchant already has:

• · Bachelor’s degree, however, a combination of college education and related work experience may be used as a substitute
• · Minimum 2 years of experience working in a merchandising function for an apparel manufacturer, retailer and/or marketer
• · Proficiency in PLM preferred
• · Flexibility with regards to job responsibilities
• · Expert knowledge and proficiency with MS Office applications including Word, Excel and Outlook
• · Extremely strong customer service orientation and the ability to multi-task; with the desire to work in a very fast paced environment and an ability to not become frustrated with last minute changes
• · Effective interpersonal and organizational skills; especially when it comes to working directly with senior level directors
• · Impeccable communication skills across all channels with an ability to get the message across over IM, email, phone, text, smoke signals, Morse code and carrier pigeon - all at the same instance
• · Excellent discretion, judgment, tact and diplomacy
• · Demonstrated ability to learn new computer programs quickly
• · Must demonstrate an energetic, positive, helpful demeanor and a passion and interest in LS & Co