Assistant Buyer (Los Angeles, Ca Based)

Job DescriptionYour RoleThe Assistant Buyer will support the Buyers in all product selection, price negotiation and purchasing decisions of the Merchandising Department. Manage formal communication i.e. purchase orders and changes thereon to vendor community.What will you do?

- Responsibilities • Commits to supporting rue21’s vision, mission, and values of an inclusive environment and sets an example for their team or sphere of influence.• Process all purchase orders, including coding and communicating the information to vendors.• Work with vendors and buyers to support negotiation of PO terms including cost.• Update PO system for retail changes, cost changes and extension dates.• Intermediary between buyers and vendors on issues including cancellation of orders.• Maintain and update Open-to-buy/recap sheets daily, weekly and monthly.• Communicate with Distribution Center on problems related to order shipping issues.• Analyze reports and make recommendation for merchandise re-orders.• Review all reports to update Buyers and Director/VP• Answer vendor inquiries. Competencies• Communication – Effectively communicates with CEO, Board of Directors, leadership team, cross-functional peers, and all associates in field, store operations and visual merchandising teams; Actively listens to understand others and ensures the message is understood; Ensures important matters are shared with all appropriate parties; Communicates in a clear and concise manner, both verbally and in writing; Accepts and uses feedback to improve performance• Collaboration – Demonstrates the desire and ability to work cross-functionally; uses a "we" focused approach; Resolves interpersonal conflicts constructively; Appreciates and leverages the strengths of others to accomplish goals. • Proves to be an open-minded and inclusive leader.• Holds Self Accountable – Holds self-accountable for measurable high quality, timely, and cost-effective results.• People Centric – Exhibits strong listening skills; Has a fast paced, ever changing, people first mentality; Builds positive working relationships with internal and external business partners• Initiative – Takes a proactive approach and goes beyond what is required to achieve goals• Deliver – Results driven with high standards; Sets achievable goals, successfully executes, and can articulate solutions in a linear, easy to understand way; Searches for inefficiencies in processes and offers pertinent recommendations to improve• Evolve – Strives to be original through thought and ideas; Displays genuine excitement around "new"