Job Details
Lead Buyer
2025-10-02 The Planet Group Beaverton,OR
Description:
The staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly, never provide banking information during the application process and always double check the email address of the Recruiter to ensure it's from an official Planet domain (@theplanetgroup.com or @launchcg.com) - and not a domain with an alternative extension like .net, .org or .jobs.
The Planet Group and our companies are equal opportunity employers. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.
Job Description
Lead Buyer
Location: Hybrid in Beaverton, OR
Duration: 6 months
Pay: ~$43/hour, DOE
The Planet Group is looking for a Lead Buyer to join our well-known retail brand on an 6-month contract! This role is 40 hours per week and will be hybrid in Beaverton, OR. This person will report to the North America Direct Merchandising Director.
Retail Marketing Designer Responsibilities:
- Adapt and curate consumer right assortments with end in mind, defining how the product comes to life to serve the consumer in the client's Owned Store channels by using historical data, analytics and real-time market feedback to advise the future (coming seasons) while winning today (in-season read & react/selling & serving)
- Bring seasonal assortments to life in Direct Channels, primarily focused on Digital
- Understand related aspects of the business, strategy, and marketplace in making plans, including coordinating between genders, brands, and how individual products or collections impact each other
- Collaborate cross functionally to ensure assortment plans meet consumer demand and strategies execute
- Hone consumer-centric assortment plans across multiple seasons with an understanding of the client's position in the market & competitive landscape to blend fact-based and intuitive inputs
- Participate in seasonal buy reviews and in-season trading to influence actions to optimize growth with critical partners, including assortment building and submits working with systems entry, allocation and planning
- Bachelor's degree in Merchandising, Business, Marketing, or combination of relevant education or product-related roles or 5 years additional experience and training in footwear or apparel merchandising, product creation, retail or multi-brand or digital environment
- Footwear, Apparel, Equipment or relevant consumer product merchandising experience
- Understanding of common retail and/or digital profit-based metrics such as sell-through, margin, AUR, UPT and others
- Ability to contribute to and drive strategic thinking into action
- Proficiency in building consumer and data informed merchandising strategies and assortments
- Comfortable speaking and presenting in large forums
- Ability to critically analyze business trends and macro consumer trends to drive immediate action
- Project management experience
The staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly, never provide banking information during the application process and always double check the email address of the Recruiter to ensure it's from an official Planet domain (@theplanetgroup.com or @launchcg.com) - and not a domain with an alternative extension like .net, .org or .jobs.
The Planet Group and our companies are equal opportunity employers. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.