Assistant Buyer (Beauty, Bath & Personal Care)

Benefits

Parental leave

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Non-birth-parent leave

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Family-building benefits

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Mental health support

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Relocation assistance

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Childcare support

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Salary

$72K-$80K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

401(k) match

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$54,964 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

-1.7% - Decline

38% above the BLS role benchmark for retail aggregate.

Matched to SOC 41-2031 - Retail aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function

Retail From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Entry From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Schedule

Shift type

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Weekend work

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Application

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Assessment

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Deadline

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About this role

Assistant Buyer (Beauty, Bath & Personal Care) United States of America - Irvine, California Job Summary: The Assistant Buyer is responsible for collaborating with their category team on evaluating, curating, promoting and growing the brands/products in their assigned category and ensuring a strong vendor partnership. In addition, the Assistant Buyer position partners with Buyers in sourcing and onboarding new suppliers and products relevant to category, trend, and team objectives. This role is the first step in the progression of the Merchandising Team buying structure; and is responsible for making merchandising decisions for low/mid volume accounts in addition to supporting category teams. Job Expectations: - Collaborate and work closely with Buyers, Managers and team to ensure all are aligned on business strategies, short and long-term growth objectives. - Collaborate with Buyers to build, edit and maintain assortment to create market advantage while reflecting customer needs/requests - Negotiate with vendors to secure exceptional everyday pricing, marketing & promotional budgets, special opportunity buys, growth incentives including rebates and accruals, delivery, and payment terms for low/mid volume accounts - Facilitate relationships with low/mid volume existing/new vendors to drive sales, product innovation, margin growth, promotional support and maintain regular and consistent communication to ensure a clear understanding of short/long-term goals and capabilities - Coordinate with the buyers on negotiation of contracts, product evaluation, quality issues, customer service questions and create and maintain supplier, product database - Drive the new product/brand onboarding and maintenance process to ensure timely addition to market - Update and maintain cost,

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