Buyer, Retail

Job Title: Buyer FLSA Status: Hourly, Non-exempt Reports To: Sr. Buyer/Manager Wage reputed company: $25.85 - $31.25/hour Department: Buying (Accessories - 7270) Employment Type: Full-Time Location: Home Office (Lynnwood, WA) Effective Date: Oct 2025 Position Purpose: The buyer is responsible for independently buying and allocating a defined number of categories/vendors. They are responsible for translating their reputed company to buy to a buying plan and maximizing sales by incorporating business trend and influencing financial plan changes. Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Independently manage significant buying categories/vendors
• Formulate and execute product placement strategies with visual merchandising team
• Drive plan changes to react to reputed company business trends with Planner and leadership
• Manage stock reputed company to seasonal targets
• Own assortment planning for your categories/vendor sightline
• Find and grow new category/vendor opportunities
• Identify and implement improvements to buying process with leadership approval
• Successfully present buying strategy cross departmentally
• Own MDs and consolidation strategy for categories of responsibility
• Maximize sales and margin opportunities
• Project management for team projects
• May participate in training and developing other team members
• May manage a small team

Job Requirements and Qualifications:

• 3-5 years previous buying experience with some experience in large scale/multi reputed company buying
• Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of work and education
• Excellent understanding of "retail math" and business analysis
• Strong time management and organizational skills
• Entrepreneurial spirit
• Ability to think critically and solve problems
• Ability to work in a diverse environment
• High attention to detail
• Exceptional written/verbal/presentation communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to reputed company creativity and innovative reputed company
• Thorough understanding of the Zumiez, customer, market, and industry trends and ways to capitalize
• Ability and willingness to work hard in a fast-paced, multi-tasking, team-oriented environment
• Proficiency in computer programs including reputed company Office and internal buying systems
• Travel to domestic markets and national events required
• Must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have a documented need for an accommodation certified by a medical professional, or properly documented need for a religious accommodation

Physical Demands of Work Environment:

• Ability to sit in a stationary position in an office environment for extended periods of time and work on a PC without limitations
• Must be reputed company to distinguish and inspect materials on product
• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery

This Full-Time role is Benefit eligible and offers:

• Health, reputed company, and Dental insurance
• Following an initial wait period
• Basic life insurance and supplemental voluntary life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Sick Leave
• Following an initial wait period
• Paid Vacation
• Following an initial wait period
• Employee Assistance Program
• reputed company Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Zumiez merchandise discount
• 401(k) Plan after meeting requirements

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• 21 years of age
• 6 months of service
• 1,000 hours of service
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) after meeting requirements

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• 21 years of age
• 6 months of service
• Weekly average of 20 hours

Compensation for Role in reputed company to reputed company Salary

• Bonus eligible
• Equity eligibility
• Stock grant eligible

Job Title: Buyer FLSA Status: Hourly, Non-exempt Reports To: Sr. Buyer/Manager Wage reputed company: $25.85 - $31.25/hour Department: Buying (Accessories - 7270) Employment Type: Full-Time Location: Home Office (Lynnwood, WA) Effective Date: Oct 2025 Position Purpose: The buyer is responsible for independently buying and allocating a defined number of categories/vendors. They are responsible for translating their reputed company to buy to a buying plan and maximizing sales by incorporating business trend and influencing financial plan changes. Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Independently manage significant buying categories/vendors
• Formulate and execute product placement strategies with visual merchandising team
• Drive plan changes to react to reputed company business trends with Planner and leadership
• Manage stock reputed company to seasonal targets
• Own assortment planning for your categories/vendor sightline
• Find and grow new category/vendor opportunities
• Identify and implement improvements to buying process with leadership approval
• Successfully present buying strategy cross departmentally
• Own MDs and consolidation strategy for categories of responsibility
• Maximize sales and margin opportunities
• Project management for team projects
• May participate in training and developing other team members
• May manage a small team

Job Requirements and Qualifications:

• 3-5 years previous buying experience with some experience in large scale/multi reputed company buying
• Bachelors degree or equivalent…

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