Kith
Associate Buyer, Footwear
Brooklyn, NY · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$65k-$80kDetected 30 days ago
Product ManagementExcelERPPhotographyLeadershipCommunication
About the role
- A Buying role reporting to Footwear, focused on organizing buy reviews, managing data, and communicating sales analysis.
- The Assistant Buyer will be involved in all discussions and strategy on the global marketplace with a focus on the US region.
- The role will report to the VP of Footwear.
Responsibilities
- Track inbound product across regions to support shipment planning to stores and warehouses.
- Analyze sales to support buy decisions and order book adjustments.
- Organize market calendar, reporting, and buy deadlines (seasonal and short-lead).
- Maintain buy sheets, order forms, and ERP uploads with accuracy and organization.
- Support vendor reporting on weekly performance and key insights.
- Support product setup and coordination across warehouse, photography, web, and retail teams to ensure timely launches.
- Partner with store managers, sales staff, and operations to gather product feedback and assess inventory needs.
- Support marketing and newsletter inputs based on product performance.
- This role is ideal for someone with strong retail and footwear industry knowledge who is interested in developing into a Buyer role over time.
- Ability to manage large datasets and translate into actionable insights.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree required.
- 2-3 years of experience, including internships, in retail, buying, planning, merchandising, or store operations.
Nice to have
- Leadership mindset with intent to grow into a Buyer role.
- Minimum 1 year experience in an Assistant Buyer or similar role preferred.
Skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel, inclusive of formulas, pivot tables, etc.
- Knowledge of G-Suite: G-mail, G-drive, etc.
- Understanding of wholesale buying process and product lifecycle.
- Strong vendor communication and organizational skills.
- Experience working cross-functionally across retail, operations, web, and warehouse teams.
- Interest in footwear/fashion industry and market trends.
- Exposure to AI tools for data organization/analysis is a plus.
- Professional Characteristics
- Data-driven
- Strong communicator
- Fashion-savvy
Compensation
- $65,000 - $80,000 annually
Company info
- Established in 2011 in New York City, Kith is a lifestyle brand and specialty retailer that offers seasonal collections of men's, women's and children's apparel, accessories and footwear through a distinct lens of personal storytelling.
- Kith embodies a multi-faceted lifestyle, with uncompromising detail to fabrication and design.
- Led by Founder, CEO and Creative Director Ronnie Fieg, the brand is known globally for evoking nostalgia from a dynamic point of view, and working closely with a carefully selected set of best-in-class collaborators.
- Kith operates 16 standalone boutiques around the world, and 3 shop-in-shops.
- Kith Treats, conceived from Fieg's childhood love for cereal, operates in 10 locations, as well as Sadelle's at Kith restaurants in Paris, Miami Design District, Toronto and Seoul.
- The Kinnect Foundation, a non-profit established and operated by Kith, is a non-profit devoted to creating positive change through education, community and social impact.
- Kith is an equal employment opportunity employer.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
- All career opportunities offered by Kith are fully on site, and if contacted, all email communication will come from a kith.com or kithnyc.com email address.
- Please note that any correspondence from an alternative email domain, or offering anything other than in-person work, is fraudulent.
This listing is sourced directly from Kith's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.