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    Associate Buyer - Los Angeles, United States - Dolls Kill

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    **Associate Buyer - Los Angeles**

    Los Angeles, CA / Merchandising / Full-time Dolls Kill is a global fashion brand that empowers everyone to celebrate their individuality through radical, unapologetic self-expression. Our cult following of over 5 million social media followers includes some of the most influential personalities in music, art, pop culture, and fashion. We're also backed by strong consumer-focused investors who share in our vision of building one of the world's next great consumer brands. Our team is growing quickly in both our SF and LA locations and we are hiring across all business functions. We are looking for team members who are equally passionate about what we do and excited about joining the Dolls Kill crew.

    Named "The Fastest Growing Retailer in the US", Dolls Kill is a fashion brand that boldly empowers young people to celebrate their individuality.

    Based in the San Francisco bay area and Los Angeles, we have an amazing team of retail leaders, scrappy hackers, creative marketers and fashion trendsetters who are fun to work with and serious about what they do. We're also backed strong consumer-focused investors who share in our vision of building one of the world's next great consumer brands. Look for our latest press mentions in Business Insider, Racked, TeenVogue, PopSugar, Elle, and more.

    **About the Role** Were looking for an Associate Buyer to help lead the assortment and merchandise stories for our Branded business. This role will be responsible for developing and executing everyday and seasonal merchandising strategies, finding and building relationships with new vendors, negotiating product costs and terms, and identifying and recommending new products and trends.

    As an Associate Buyer you will own and drive every aspect of your business and will be measured against assortment, sales, margin, and inventory goals. You will report to the DMM and partner closely with our inventory planning, visual merchandising and creative teams to create a world-class product assortment and shopping experience.

    The ideal candidate will have experience as an assistant buyer and/or inventory planner at a fashion retailer. Further, the ideal candidate should be able to balance the creative and analytical aspects of a fashion buyer role and be comfortable negotiating with large and small vendors.

    **Responsibilities**

    + Drive sales, conversion, margin, inventory turn and other web KPIs including category conversion, exits/bounce rates, abandon cart, and AOV

    + Create and execute category and SKU-based assortment and merchandising plans for the shoes business on

    + Manage our existing vendor base and seek out new partnerships

    + Collaborate with inventory planning to forecast and execute initial buys, manage re-orders, and conduct markdowns to ensure the productivity of our inventory investments and protect our margins

    + Drive seasonal product planning by finding and leveraging trends in color, prints/patterns, and lifestyles

    + Spot emerging and declining trends through competitive shopping, historical sales and web analytics data, vendor relationships, and market research. Develop sound business strategies to capitalize on and avoid being late to enter and exit these trends

    + Work with our marketing and creative teams to create seasonal marketing strategies and promotions

    + Conduct weekly and quarterly business reviews to track and analyze merchandising results

    + Monitor and use merchandising analysis and site analytics data to drive decisions

    + Identify and recommend new product and trend opportunities and partner with our internal/external design partners to develop new products

    **Requirements**

    + BA/BS degree and 2 - 3 years of experience as an assistant buyer at a fashion retailer

    + Track record of creating and implementing assortment and merchandising strategies

    + Proven results negotiating with vendors to improve costs, reduce lead times, and secure exclusive styles

    + Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to adapt them for different audiences: vendors, internal partners, stakeholders and leadership

    + Excellent problem solving ability

    + Strong Excel skills

    + Adaptable, comfortable with ambiguity, startup experience preferred

    + Self-starter who can manage multiple priorities at once and learn new things with little oversight

    + eCommerce experience strongly preferred but not required


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