**Assistant Buyer**

at Green Thumb Las Vegas, Nevada, United States **The Role** The Assistant Buyer will have knowledge of cannabis and will utilize a successful track record of buying experience to enhance the GTI Nevada Market. The Assistant Buyer will be responsible for managing day-to day purchasing activities that all drive towards the strategic goals of the organization: enhanced sales, enhanced margins, and a world-class patient experience.

**Responsibilities**

* Curate a compelling assortment for the CPG categories for our Rise and Essence branded dispensaries

* Creates purchasing strategies that correlate to the financial goals of each dispensary

* Develops strong relationships with suppliers of cannabis products to ensure consistent access to product for our patients

* Anticipates potential problems and risks; generates ideas, insights and solutions to resolve potential problems. Proposes and executes solutions for issues identified during analysis of data

* Establishes and maintains a reputation of credibility and responsiveness in the marketplace

* Elicits critical information from vendors with regards to market trends and current buying activity of competitors and presents findings effectively

* Responsible for managing the full lifecycle of buying product innovation, vendor meetings, costing negotiations, executive reporting, pricing analysis, promotional calendars, and product exit strategies

* Builds reports to enhance decision making at all levels of the organization. Reports will include best sellers, promotional expectations, and category performance

* Completes and tracks all Purchase Orders for CPG categories

* Manages data entry for new products, promotions and discounts for CPG categories

* Resolves any Vendor discrepancies for Invoices, Purchase Orders, Missing COAs, Compliance Violations, and Metric Manifests for respective categories

* Understands the competitive landscape of the cannabis industry

* Manage appropriate inventory levels to ensure dispensaries can exceed sales expectations

* Assists Buyer and performs other ad hoc duties as needed

**Qualifications**

* Bachelors degree in a relevant field preferred, but not required

* 1-2 years experience in retail buying, merchandising, or planning

* Intermediate proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

* Ability to gather / analyze data and to work with incomplete information

* Highly motivated, self-directed, innovative and able to work independently or among teams with keen judgement, common sense and resourcefulness

* Adapts and thrives in a demanding, fast-paced environment

* Possesses a high level of critical thinking

* Operates with a high level of professionalism and integrity, including dealing with confidential information

* Must understand and comply with the rules, regulations, policies, and procedures of Green Thumb

* Must have a solid understanding of the Cannabis laws, rules and regulations and passion to further their understanding and knowledge of the industry and the laws.

**Additional Requirements**

* Must pass any and all required background checks

* Must be and remain compliant with all legal or company regulations for working in the industry

* Must possess valid drivers license

* Must be a minimum of 21 years of age

* Must be approved b y state badging agency to work in cannabis industry

**To lessen the impact on our patients, customers and teams and help keep them safe, we will require new hires to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, as defined by the CDC. For questions pertaining to the Green Thumb vaccination policy, reach out to careers@gtigrows.com .**

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