City : TORONTO, Ontario

Category : Full-Time

Industry : Merchandising

Employer : The Bay

About The Bay:

As North America’s oldest startup and Canada’s purpose-driven digital marketplace, The Bay is on a high-growth mission to rewrite the rules of retail to help Canadians live a colourful life. If you believe in the power of our iconic brand and thrive on problem solving at scale, we want you to join our team.

At The Bay, smart, high-performing team members will challenge you to learn and grow every day. We value ambitious work and great ideas grounded in data and insights. We are looking for talented people who love a fast-paced environment, embrace change and are looking to make an impact with groundbreaking ideas.

We are building a digital-first company and brand for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to reach our potential. We strongly encourage applications from everyone to come and join a winning team that supports diverse thinking and demonstrates innovation, energy, creativity and vision every day.

Day in the Life:

The Assistant Buyer is responsible for achieving sales and profit objectives for a specific merchandise category or categories, under the direction of the Buyer. This responsibility includes the development and successful implementation of buying strategies, merchandise programs and marketing plans.

What You Will Do: 

• Help manage vendor and brand selection, develop strong vendor relationships, monitor industry trends, evaluate competition, and attend major markets and conduct competitive shops
• Assist Buyer in developing the merchandising strategy, and assist with sales analysis in order to identify and react to trends in-season
• Ensure timely delivery of merchandise through communication with vendors, distribution center, and merchant team.
• Review and ensure vendor cost/retail/UPC submissions match the buy submission
• Negotiate and guide execution of RTV's
• Effectively manage and monitor internet process including: content accuracy, overall productivity, analyzing and reacting to business needs, and communicating with the Digital (EComm.) team
• Work closely with buyer and advertising/marketing team to manage the advertising process including: determining advertised styles, prep sheets, coordinating sample collection, managing in-stocks on ad styles, approval process and recapping
• Assist with line reviews/style outs for management
• Provide product knowledge to store associates through product seminars and quarterly guidelines, participate in store visits, and respond promptly to store visit notes
• Additional responsibilities as required

What You Will Need:

• University or college degree or commensurate retail experience 
• Minimum 2 years' experience in a merchandise capacity, and 2 years allocation experience.
• Strong computer skills including MS Word and Excel.
• great problem-solving skills
• possess a great analytical and creative abilities/skills
• A great understanding of value in being proactive and solution-oriented
• Possess a can-do attitude

Your Life and Career at THE BAY: 

• Be part of a world-class team; work with an adventurous spirit; think and act like an owner- operator!
• Exposure to rewarding career advancement opportunities. 
• A culture that promotes wellness through a healthy, fulfilling work/life balance 
• Benefits package for all eligible full-time employees (including medical, vision and dental). 
• An amazing employee discount