Associate Buyer
Foot Locker · Murarrie
OverviewFoot Locker is looking for our next Associate Buyer. A commercially minded, product-obsessed professional ready to help shape sneaker and sports culture across ANZ. Working closely with the Buying team across multiple categories, you'll support the end-to-end buying lifecycle, deliver commercially successful assortments, partner with global brands, and contribute to key category decisions. There will be genuine opportunities to progressively take ownership of a category and accelerate your growth in a global business.
Responsibilities
- Support the delivery of category strategies across multiple categories while owning assigned category.
- Execute assortments, pricing, and product flow decisions to support sales and margin performance.
- Assist with seasonal assortment planning, range reviews, and range sign-off activities.
- Manage key aspects of the product lifecycle, including sample coordination, product setup, and critical path management.
- Ensure product, pricing, and system information is accurate and ready for trade.
- Analyse sales, inventory, and trading performance to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Translate insights into actionable recommendations that improve category performance.
- Build strong relationships with suppliers, brand partners, and internal stakeholders.
- Monitor competitor activity, consumer trends, and emerging opportunities to help shape compelling assortments
Qualifications
- 3-5 years' experience in Buying, Merchandise Planning, Category Management, or similar retail function.
- Strong Excel proficiency, including PivotTables and VLOOKUPs.
Experience supporting multiple categories within a retail environment will be highly regarded.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to turn data into commercial insights and actions.
- Solid understanding of key retail metrics, including sales, margin, and stock productivity.
- Excellent organisation and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- A proactive, curious, and commercially driven mindset with a passion for product and retail.
- Ambition to build a long-term career in Buying with a global retail brand.
Benefits
- Be part of a global, iconic retail brand with bold growth ambitions
- Career progression and ongoing development opportunities
- Generous Employee Discount – wear your favorite kicks at work!
- Hybrid work arrangement with on-site parking
- A collaborative and inclusive culture that values your contribution
- Support the delivery of category strategies across multiple categories while owning assigned category.
- Execute assortments, pricing, and product flow decisions to support sales and margin performance.
- Assist with seasonal assortment planning, range reviews, and range sign-off activities.
- Manage key aspects of the product lifecycle, including sample coordination, product setup, and critical path management.
- Ensure product, pricing, and system information is accurate and ready for trade.
- Analyse sales, inventory, and trading performance to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Translate insights into actionable recommendations that improve category performance.
- Build strong relationships with suppliers, brand partners, and internal stakeholders.
- Monitor competitor activity, consumer trends, and emerging opportunities to help shape compelling assortments
- 3-5 years' experience in Buying, Merchandise Planning, Category Management, or similar retail function.
- Strong Excel proficiency, including PivotTables and VLOOKUPs.
Experience supporting multiple categories within a retail environment will be highly regarded.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to turn data into commercial insights and actions.
- Solid understanding of key retail metrics, including sales, margin, and stock productivity.
- Excellent organisation and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- A proactive, curious, and commercially driven mindset with a passion for product and retail.
- Ambition to build a long-term career in Buying with a global retail brand.