ASSISTANT BUYER BASEBALL

Job Description

ABOUT THE COMPANY

The Golf Warehouse is a leading e-retailer of golf equipment including clubs, apparel, shoes, balls, and bags. At The Golf Warehouse, we focus on carrying brands that fit everyone’s budget and strive to create an atmosphere that is fun and inclusive. Our customers are our employees, our neighbors, and possibly you! Starting as a small family-operated business in 1998 and have since grown to over 250 team members we just keep growing. We bring our love of Golf and other sports with us to work and hope you will too! We are on a mission to provide excellent customer service to each customer! Join us as we continue carving a path of delivering excellent products to our consumers.

ABOUT THE POSITION

The Assistant Buyer Baseball will assist the buyer in all facets of the purchasing process. This position reports directly to the General Manager.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

• Produce, enter and track purchase orders placing them with the vendor, B2B, and Vendornet.
• Follow up with the warehouse on D holds and receiving issues.
• Follow up with vendors on missing PO confirmations, review and match as needed.
• Timely focus on being properly in-stock on all products, continuous work on backorder, and open PO reports for categories.
• Collaborate with all departments to enhance customer experience.
• Timely and reliable response to issues and requests from buyers and the customer service department.
• Analyze competitors and make recommendations to the buyer.
• Own specific categories as needed, including the selection of new products, reorders, promotional activity, and markdowns.
• Manage vendor net process with vendors and assist accounting in the resolution of invoices.
• Continuous review of the website for accuracy.
• Product management for categories with weekly reporting.
• Additional duties as assigned by supervisor.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Previous assistant buying experience is strongly preferred.
• Sports knowledge is required.
• Consumer-direct experience is a plus.
• Strong analytical, communication, multi-tasking, follow-up, and negotiation skills.

• Excellent skills in MS Excel, Word and Outlook.
• High school diploma or GED required.
• Associate degree preferred.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)