Buyer - Arteriors Home

Buyers represent the Arteriors brand through effectively managing and implementing buying strategies for related categories and item lifecycle management. The Buyer role requires a strong sense of ownership, accountability, must excel in management and planning skills, high sense of urgency, proactive and curious approach to solving problems, effective and concise communication, organizational agility, planning, and priority management while meeting commitments and deadlines.

Passion, curiosity, and collaboration define our team of talented design enthusiasts. We often describe the Arteriors team members as a collective of creators and problem-solvers. They are entrepreneurial individuals with a restless spirit and a thirst for elevation, driven by an employee-centric culture that relies upon high expectations and a commitment to continual personal growth. With a belief that diversity and inclusiveness breeds innovation and forward-thinking design, we have assembled a curious team that questions the status quo.

As a Buyer at Arteriors, you can expect to: 

• Implement strategies to optimize buying processes and functions including: 
  • Tracking and analyzing sales performance, future forecasts, and trends to identify growth and expansion opportunities, and recommends buying strategies
  • Complete scheduled Category Analysis Reviews on a cyclical basis and develop comprehensive category analysis plans
  • Evaluates and recommends items to phase out that are aligned with merchandising strategy to ensure successful product mix and assortment
• Collaborate with the Planning Manager and other departments to:
  • Forecast demand, plan inventory levels, and ensure timely delivery of product of related categories
  • Execute category and assortment plan recommendations
  • Understand outstanding shipments, inventory impacts and factory optimization
• Maintains and manages inventory availability by:
  • Completing buy analysis, proactively maintaining inventory baselines and projections
  • Monitoring and managing inventory levels to ensure adequate stock and minimize overstock and other risks.
  • Proactively identifying and tracking upcoming risks with a comprehensive action plan
  • Analyzing in stock position and determine any vendor production risks to achieve optimal inventory levels
• Perform data analysis: able to create, generate, analyze, and present for all buying and inventory related functions

• Bachelor’s Degree in merchandising, business administration or related area
• 3+ years of experience in merchandising, buying, planning or other related position
• Ability to recognize, analyze and quantify trends
• Results oriented and self-motivated with a strong sense of urgency
• Able to independently organize and prioritize broad workload to meet deadlines
• Exceptional analytical and organization skills
• Advanced proficiency in MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
• A strong problem-solver with a track record for being proactive and solutions driven
• Someone able to manage multiple projects with a sense of urgency and achieve timely, accurate results
• The ability to work autonomously while still being highly collaborative
• Excellent teamwork, communication, and organization skills
• You thrive in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment and are a self-motivated, confident, energetic and creative individual

• Medical, dental and vision insurance available the first day of the month after hire date
• 401k with employer matching
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• Paid Volunteer Days, allowing you to give back to your community
• Annual bonus potential and merit increase potential
• Generous employee discount
• Employee referral bonus