Buyer Home Art Garden
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$ 100000 - 110000
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Job Description
Youve got taste. Youve got data chops. You know how to spot a winner scale it smart and lead a team while doing it.
Uncommon Goods is hiring a Buyer to lead our Home Art and Garden categories. This isnt a deskbound merchandising roleits a highvisibility crossfunctional leadership position. Youll manage a team drive the product strategy and work directly with vendors creatives planners and execs to launch beautiful thoughtful and highperforming assortments.
This hybrid role works onsite at our waterfront Brooklyn location one to two days a week and reports to our Senior Director of Merchandising.
What Youll Own:
- Lead the full category strategybalancing creative vision assortment gaps and hard business goals.
- Manage and mentor a team including an Associate Buyer and an Assistant Buyer.
- Source and onboard new artists and design partners who align with our brand values and product standards.
- Develop strong vendor relationships and uncover new leads through trade shows competitive research and industry trend tracking.
- Perform weekly monthly and quarterly business analysis and hindsight presentations to the executive leadership team.
- Achieve topline revenue new item revenue gross margin gross profit and exclusive product sales targets.
- Partner with Planning to manage inventory levels cost of goods and profitability metrics.
- Collaborate with Creative Site Merchandising and Marketing teams to ensure new items are showcased effectively in print and on the web.
- Partner with Product Development and Design to bring exclusive brandright items to life.
Youll Thrive Here If You:
- Have 57 years of buying or merchandising experience in retail or ecommespecially in home art gifting or lifestyle categories.
- Are a strategic thinker who can connect the dots between product story and sales.
- Excel at building relationships with makers artists and crossfunctional partners.
- Know your numbers and can present with confidence to leadership.
- Lead with vision but love digging into detailsfinancials product specs and seasonal pacing included.
- Are highly organized curious and proactivecomfortable leading others while owning your own work.
Additional Requirements:
- Willingness and ability to travel 2530 of the time for trade shows vendor visits and sourcing trips.
- Must be able to lift move and carry sample boxes independently.
- Familiarity with NetSuite or similar merchandising systems a plus.
Why Join Now
This is one of the most dynamic storyrich and highgrowth areas of our business. Youll have real ownership creative influence and the backing to make big things happen. If youre a buyer with vision hustle and leadership instinctsthis is your seat at the table.
Everyone is Welcome Here
At Uncommon Goods we believe were all out of the ordinary. Thats why were committed to making diversity inclusion equity and belonging part of everything we do. We strive to make significant changes to our business from how we find our products to how we build and cultivate our teamso we can be everyones favorite place to work.
We are an equal opportunity employer. If you would like to request any accommodation during the application process please email .
Company Perks
- Benefits: We invest in your wellbeing through subsidized medical dental and vision insurance; in your career with free confidential 1on1 coaching; and in your future via 401K matching. You can even invest in our future through employee stock options.
- Education Subsidy: We reimburse up to $5250 (the yearly IRS limit) of tuition for college coursework or professional training.
- Service: We offer eight hours of paid time off each year for volunteering.
- Commuter benefits: We offer a pretax discount for those who take public transportation (train bus and ferry). For those who prefer to pedal to work we offer significantly discounted yearly Citi Bike memberships and/or will provide money to help with purchase or repair of your own bike.
- Team member discounts: Our team members can buy our goods at a 40 discount (and take our Uncommon Experience classes free).
- Work/life balance: We offer generous paid time off and we supplement New York State Short Term Disability for 3 weeks and New York State Paid Family Leave for 8 weeks.
- Casual environment: No need to dress upwear comfortable clothes every day. And we hold occasional fun companywide events.
- Open book policy: We share our financial results with the entire team every week in our management update email and periodically in our biweekly companywide meeting UncommonCo.
- Collaborative environment: Whether its a data analyst recommending products to the buyers or a warehouse manager providing the theme for an email blast we welcome your talents and insight wherever they apply.
- Learn more about yourFMLA rightshere.
This is a fulltime salaried position with an annual basesalary range of $100000 $110000. This role is eligible for our annual performance bonus program.
Employment Type
Full Time
