Associate-Merchandise Buyer

Job Description

At UA Brands, we’re changing the way healthcare and culinary professionals dress. For over 40 years, we’ve created stylish, high-performance uniforms designed to empower those on the front lines. Our apparel breaks the mold—combining brilliant design with real-world function. Join a team that values creativity, impact, and community, and help us redefine uniforms that don’t conform.

The Associate Buyer is responsible for assisting the Senior Buyer with driving the optimal merchandising assortment to deliver sales and gross margin goals for UA Brands. This includes procuring merchandise from external vendors and assortment decisions around privately branded merchandise across all sales channels.

• Collaborate across internal departments, including Product Development Design (PDD) to influence future product development and Marketing/Creative to ensure the correct marketing message.
• Help implement the price structure for all products to maximize sales and gross margin while balancing inventory goals.
• Ensure web merchandising is aligned with planned product features (promotional features, new product and collections launches, trend features), ensures copy and all product information is accurate, audits the website for product living, web livings, and during sale events.
• Assist in developing, buying, and maintaining assortment by department/vendor/program that ultimately delivers the financial plan through analyzing sales trends, and developing pricing strategies as appropriate.
• Accountability for product selection, initial buys, and assortment management for specific areas of responsibility.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure proper merchandise messaging, promotion and placement to deliver and exceed financial plans.
• Keep abreast of product trends through industry research and sales analysis and identify whitespace opportunities and assortment gaps for future product development.
• Manage pricing changes (markdowns and price increases) for all collections in the system and ensure accuracy on the web.
• Establish strong vendor relationships and maintain consistent communication for shipping updates, product information, samples, and swatches delivery.
• Collaborate with Assistant buyer and assist in managing their tasks.
• Create, review and analyze reporting as needed.
• Track and receive samples and swatches from suppliers, and partner with the creative team to submit within the timeline ensuring timely product living.

• Retail Store or Merchandise Buying, or Merchandising Experience.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including solid Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Ability to develop strong partnerships and negotiate with both external vendors and internal teams.
• Organizational skills – ability to manage time, prioritize work, meet deadlines, and complete all assigned tasks.
• Clear and effective written and verbal communication and strong interpersonal skills.
• Skilled in analyzing sales and able to spot trends and utilize information gathered to execute plan.
• Detail-oriented and capable of managing time, prioritizing work, meeting deadlines, and completing assigned tasks.
• Entrepreneurial with ownership mindset, reacts quickly to needs.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP system knowledge preferred.
• BS/BA Degree – Merchandising, Business, Marketing, Fashion Buying.

Hybrid – The Best of Both Worlds. You’ll have the flexibility to work on-site/in the business and remotely during the week. You’ll spend a few days a week in our office for collaboration/in‑person engagement and have the flexibility to work from home on other days. While on‑site, join other team members in the spacious Quad for lunch, or enjoy our other ongoing wellness activities.

Employees are expected to be online and available during the core business hours for their team. Company computer provided for business use.

UA BRANDS offers a full range of benefits allowing you the opportunity to customize a benefits package that addresses both your health and financial needs.

• Medical and Pharmacy Coverage
• Dental and Vision Coverage
• Life/AD&D Insurance
• Employee…