Assistant Buyer

At honey, we take great pride in getting the look just right! Our buying department takes its inspiration from global trends, pop culture, and of course our namesake who started it all, Honey Chadwick. As a member of our buying team, you will seek to balance the pursuit of the ultimate honey pieces and analytics intelligence that drive our business to success.

In office role (not hybrid or remote)

- Analytical, data-based decisions.
- Assist in analyzing the area of business assigned and report on sell throughs, best sellers, rate of sale, weeks of supply, productive vs nonproductive stores, and overall sales trend indicators to the GMM.
- Identify weak areas of your business unit and develop resources on how to deal with any lagging inventory issues in conjunction with the GMM.
- Create growth by feeding best sellers through replenishment or escalation of delivery of the same product or similar product where possible.
- Make note of season to date highly productive inventory in preparation of planning for next season. Conversely, take note of underperforming or problem merchandise to avoid or look for better alternatives.
- Through store visits, discussion with store managers, GMM, Honey – understand the why or the impetus to buy by the honey customer – both for best sellers and in a wider view of what the customer is looking for, what occasions she is dressing for and what merchandise she wanted that we missed on.

In market

- Constant research and idea building of different trends and how to engage the honey customer through new and exciting merchandise.



Builds a look book to capture images of different ideas.
- Prepares for vendor appointments with all data, images and a plan approved by the GMM to fulfill.
- Write orders commensurate to successful inventory levels and store and warehouse capacities. A clear understanding of each store’s volume for your category.
- Ensures all paperwork including order sheets, purchase orders, distributions and any follow‑up administration is executed in a timely manner.
- Quality control: beware of any potential mass RTV issues due to the nature of fabric, construction, history of high propensity of wear & tear on store shelves, any colorations that tend to fade or change. The items are best avoided.
- Manage inventory through transfers or consolidation with rational awareness of upcoming deliveries, envisioning the store assortments and the costs involved.

Professional Qualities

- Team Player: regularly works cross functionally with other departments, stores and within the buying team to support Honey’s goals and thereby gains better insight and perspective on what winning retail entails.
- Constant improvement: contributing improvements to process, new ideas, trends, support to help grow the Honey brand and business.
- Professionalism: demonstrating a skilled attitude, look and work ethic that represents Honey – through our choice of words, communication methods, general courtesy, professional attire, and grooming.
- Productive use of time and resources: during work hours, time and resources are used wisely and productively. Cutting down on time wasted is essential to healthy business practices.

#J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Assistant Buyer (Vancouver)
🏢 honey
📍 Vancouver