Signet Jewelers

Retailer of diamond jewelry and financing

Assistant Buyer Merchandising

Procurement & SourcingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeAkron, OH, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Develop knowledge of the jewelry category and merchandising as it applies to the position.
Adapt quickly to changing market trends, conditions, priorities, and corporate strategies.

Responsibilities

Assist the Buyer with all aspects of the job and step in as needed to perform Merchandise Coordinator or Detail Assistant duties.
Source and develop products, price products, determine assortment groups, forecast order quantities, participate in competitive shopping, and prepare weekly and departmental reports.
Maintain the merchandise category with the Buyer and identify sales trends, develop product designs for testing, and identify assortment opportunities.
Attend vendor meetings, participate in product selection and review, and prepare meeting notes and follow-up.
Help determine marketing vehicles, stock-keeping unit selection, new merchandise programs, sales trends, and assortments to support sales growth and productivity.
Share accountability for category sales, inventory levels, and gross margin goals established by management.
Conduct ongoing competitive shopping across omnichannel channels and assess the company’s and competitors’ assortments for opportunities and advantages.
Set up stock-keeping units, descriptions, retail prices, and packaging attributes.
Assist with assortment development by working with Planners and Inventory Analysts to set product attributes, assortment size, targeted inventory and turn levels, and open-to-buy requirements.
Monitor and help develop sales forecasts for marketing items and new programs with the Inventory Analyst and Buyer.
Communicate with vendors and manage product quality, costs, terms and ownership, delivery dates, and merchandise return requests.
Establish retail prices in line with margin requirements.
Update departmental category assortment sheets, reporting, and analysis.
Proof advertising materials, including catalogs, emails, website content, customer mailings, and in-store signage, for accuracy.
Merchandise items for marketing channels to ensure they are innovative and competitive.
Attend open-to-buy meetings and provide merchandise status updates as needed.
Complete and submit Project Request Forms and develop store communications.
Collaborate with the Visual Merchandising team on in-store presentations and planograms.

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Signet Jewelers is the world's largest retailer of diamond jewelry, operating more than 2,800 stores worldwide under the iconic brands: Kay Jewelers, Zales, Jared, H.Samuel, Ernest Jones, Peoples, Banter by Piercing Pagoda, Rocksbox, JamesAllen.com and Diamonds Direct. We are a people-first company and this core value is at the heart of everything we do, from empowering our valued team members, to collaborating with our customers, to fostering the communities in which we live and serve. People – and the love their actions inspire – are what drive us. We’re not only proud of the love we inspire outside our walls, we’re especially proud of the diversity, inclusion and equity we’re inspiring inside. There are dynamic career paths awaiting you – rewarding opportunities to impact the lives of others and inspire love. Join us!

The primary responsibility of the Assistant Buyer is to assist their Buyer on all aspects of the job or step in as needed to help with Merchandise Coordinator/Detail Assistant duties. They are responsible for sourcing and developing product, pricing product, determining assortment groups, forecasting order quantities, and participating in competitive shops. Weekly reporting and departmental reports.

Product Development

Develop understanding/knowledge base of the Jewelry Category
Work with the Buyer to learn the elements of merchandising as it applies to their position.
Overall understanding and maintenance of their merchandise category, in conjunction with the Buyer
Identify sales trends, develop new product designs for testing and assortment opportunities
Attend vendor meetings and actively participate in selection and review of product. Be the point person for meeting notes and follow-up.
Instrumental in determining various marketing vehicles, SKU selection, new merchandise programs, sales trends, and assortments which lead to sales growth and overall productivity in their area.
Be jointly accountable for the success of their specific merchandise category with regards to sales, inventory levels & gross margin goals, which are established by Management.
Participate in on-going Competitive Shopping from an omni-channel lens. Review our assortments as well as competitor to ascertain opportunities and advantages.
Ability to adjust quickly to changing market trends, conditions, priorities, and corporate strategies.

Assortment / Inventory Management

Setup sku’s, descriptions, retails and packaging attributes.
Assist Buyer with Assortment Development - Work with Planners and Inventory Analysts to set program parameters (i.e. product attributes, assortment size, targeted inventory and turn levels, open-to-buy requirements)
Monitor and help develop forecasted sales quantities for marketing items and new programs in conjunction with the Inventory Analyst and Buyer
Communicate and manage with vendors re: product qualities, costs, terms/ownership, delivery dates, return of merchandise requests.
Establish retail prices in line with margin requirements
Responsible for updating departmental category assortment sheets, reporting, and analysis

Collaboration

Proofing of all advertising materials to ensure accuracy including catalogs, emails, web site, customer mailings, and in store signage.
Merchandise items for all marketing channels, which are innovative and competitive within the marketplace.
Attend open-to-buy meetings and provide merchandise status updates as needed
Complete and submit Project Request Forms and develop store communications.
Work in collaboration with Visual Merchandising team for in-store presentations (planograms).

About the Company

Signet Jewelers

Retailer of diamond jewelry and financing

Signet Jewelers is the world’s largest retailer of diamond jewelry, offering brands like Kay Jewelers, Zales, Jared, H. Samuel, and Ernest Jones across the US, UK, and Canada. Customers shop through brick‑and‑mortar stores or online, choosing from diamond and fine jewelry and using financing options to pay over time. The business relies on its global supply chain from Africa and India and a unified customer experience across channels. Its goals are to expand stores and online channels, strengthen customer relationships, and advance sustainability and social equity through its products, financing, and philanthropic initiatives.

Company size: 5,001-10,000
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Akron, OH
Founded: 1910

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