Assistant Buyer

Location: 8760 Clay Road Houston, Texas 77080 Employee Type: Regular We offer a creative and friendly environment with plenty of opportunity for advancement. ABOUT FRANCESCA’S® francesca’s® is a specialty retailer which operates a nationwide chain of boutiques providing customers a unique, fun, and personalized shopping experience. The merchandise assortment is a diverse and balanced mix of apparel, jewelry, accessories, and gifts which targets 18–35-year-olds. francesca’s is continuing to embrace diversity and inclusion with recently adding two new collections: franki and francesca’s Fit which creates a more positive and inclusive experience; we now offer sizes for a 10-year-old up to 3X. Today, francesca’s® operates 460 boutiques in 45 states and serves its customers through francescas.com, and the francesca’s app. Position Overview The Assistant Buyer will manage a category and will develop all content for products within that category, ensuring alignment with marketing strategies. This individual will also be responsible for monitoring their assigned category’s performance on a weekly basis, analyzing their findings, and presenting this information to their cross-functional partners. Essential Functions Manage a category and all product development within that category; manage category pipeline and receipts. Provide in depth comp and business strategy analysis for category; provide recommendations to cross-functional partners. Create product content including product names and product descriptions; generate SEO rich content. Monitor on-line sales performance and provide analysis on a weekly basis to determine inventory opportunities. Analyze email and marketing performance weekly and communicate business performance to cross-functional partners. Monitor site regularly to check for inconsistencies, errors and other customer experience or brand-enhancing improvements. Manage product placement online; assist with merchandising and organizing online products. Manage and analyze product inventory. Other duties as assigned. Qualifications Assistant Buying experience preferred. Bachelor's degree preferred. Excellent verbal & written communication skills. Creative writing and naming abilities. Ability to multi-task and attention to detail. Writing or web copywriting experience a plus. SEO experience a plus. Experience in the retail industry a plus. Knowledge of HTML a plus. Experience in merchandise planning/inventory a plus. Interest in women's fashion. francesca’s® is an equal opportunity employer francesca's® understands that it is our team members that contribute to our growth and we invite you to help us continue in our success!External Field