Assistant Buyer - Home

Job Description

Job Description

Role Overview:

Shop LC is looking for an Assistant Buyer - Home who will oversee buying strategies for Shop LC’s home product brands. Ideal candidate must have a strong understanding of home products buying along with experience in pricing for such products. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Forecast trends for home products, with a strong focus on color, style, and fashion.
• Source vendors for the appropriate items and work closely with buying teams to purchase items in good time for delivery during peak popularity periods.
• Develop new product and display ideas to increase customer awareness and interest.
• Analyze past sales figures/trends to anticipate future product needs as per the Budget.
• Minimize old stock and consistently source new products.
• Work with vendors regarding life cycle of a product, from selection of raw material through to the finished product.
• Develop new products to be introduced into our home product lines.
• Have good supplier base in US market to get products domestically.
• Strong Analytical skills to manage OTB.
• Open for travel (minimum 1 trip in quarter to India and China location).
• Sourcing Domestic vendors to manage Drop ship program.
• Open to work in fast changing TV retail environment.
• Comply with company policies and procedures.
• All other duties as assigned by manager.

Skills or Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in fashion or related field.
• Multi-unit buying background with experience in multiple categories of home products related high SKU volume products preferred.
• 2 years of experience as an Associate Buyer within a large volume, fast paced business.
• Strong team interpersonal skills and experience interacting with vendors.
• Track record of success in creating a profitable merchandise mix utilizing forecasting, inventory management and assortment planning.
• Experience as the sourcing agent for other high-volume, high-sales organizations.
• Flexible and adaptable team player with the ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to travel both domestic and international with valid passport.
• An ambassador of our Core Values: Teamwork, Honesty, Commitment, Passion and Positive Attitude.

Physical Requirements:

• Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding and ramps.
• Moving around to accomplish tasks in various environments including tight and confined spaces.
• Remaining in a stationary position, standing, or sitting for prolonged periods.
• Frequently lift 20-50lbs and occasionally lifting 50 to 70 pounds.
• Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers.  

About Shop LC:

We are an electronic retailer of jewelry and lifestyle products headquartered in Austin, Texas with a team of approximately 450 people. Our products are sold through TV (Cable, satellite, Telco’s and OTA’s), our website, OTT, marketplaces, and social media. 

We are the US retailing unit and subsidiary of Vaibhav Global Limited (VGL)- a publicly listed company in India. The other retailing units of VGL Group are in the UK (Shop TJC) and Germany (Shop LC, Germany). VGL Group is a vertical business, having its own manufacturing and sourcing units in India, China, Indonesia, and Thailand.

We believe in supporting our community and protecting the environment with the purpose of Delivering Joy. 

Our service to the community is run through our Your Purchase Feeds… program under which each retailing unit donates one nutritious meal to a school-going child in India, the US, the UK, and the Germany for each item sold through all its platforms. Your Purchase Feeds… has current run rate of over 54,000 meals per school day and has provided over 50 million meals to kids in need in US, UK and India until now. Our mission statement embraces the ambitious goal of distributing one million meals each school day to children in need by 2040. We believe that Your Purchase Feeds… provides more than just a meal: it feeds the hearts, minds, and futures of children.

We are committed to protecting the environment by constantly working on reducing our carbon footprint and becoming net zero by 2030. Our factories in India fully functions on solar power and has Platinum level LEEDS certified factory. Our US buildings are gold level LEEDS certified.

Benefits:

• 100% Company paid, employee-only medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• 4% 401(k) matching.
• ME Incentives.
• Up to 15 days of PTO & vacation time, maternity/paternity leave, company-covered short-term & long-term disability, paid training time, paid volunteer time, 7 paid holidays.
• Corporate discounts, employee sales, Employee Assistance Program.
• Tuition reimbursement and scholarship (for dependents going to college).
• A great work environment, where you will learn, be challenged/ supported and given projects that reflect your interests, and you can own/ take pride in!