RETAIL STORES ADMIN - Assistant Buyer

Assistant Buyer

Job Description:

Dallas Cowboys Merchandising is looking for an Assistant Buyer who will lead the planning and merchandising processes for their assigned category groups across retail stores and ecommerce.

Assistant Buyer will report to Senior Buyer.

• Build and manage financial plans to achieve targeted sales, margin, and turn goals
• Forecast and analyze sales to make appropriate decisions to buy, cancel, move up, move out, or mark down purchases
• Develop purchase orders and complete additional analysis using Excel, Microsoft AX and Tableau
• Quickly analyze and understand product sales trends, drill down to identify problems and opportunities, and make adjustments to maximize sales
• Analysis of sales history and creation of store level distribution plans
• Ability to choose and create stories around key product ideas in a seasonally relevant way and to drive traffic
• Ability to guide visual creative teams to create impactful stories that drive traffic and sales volume
• Know the key retail levers, the key store KPI’s, and how to react to increase performance

Required Skills and Experience:

• 2+ years as a Merchandise Coordinator, Merchandise Assistant, or Assistant Buyer
• 4 year degree in related field is preferred
• Experience tracking historical sales data and forecasting sales
• Highly analytic thinker who can identify and improve complex work processes
• Understands strengths, weaknesses, and strategy of competition
• Results-driven achiever with excellent planning and organizational skills
• Excellent Presentation Skills and Presence
• Passionate about the Dallas Cowboys
• Strong Financial acumen
• Aggressive and risk taker
• Must be very collaborative
• Tableau and/or AX experience is a plus
• Proficient in Excel/Microsoft365

The Dallas Cowboys provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.