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LAYIQ - Buyer at Thuma, San Francisco, CA

Develop assortment plans for assigned product areas, identifying opportunities for newness, expansion, refinement, and discontinuation.
Use customer feedback, competitive research, and business performance to recommend clear product priorities that support Thuma’s roadmap and create Oasis.
Define commercial product briefs, including customer needs, assortment positioning, target retail prices, and margin goals; partner with Design, Product Development, and Sourcing to bring them to life.
Business Performance and Inventory Partnership
Own the commercial performance of assigned product areas against agreed sales and margin goals; review results regularly and recommend specific actions.
Partner with Inventory Planning on forecasts, open to buy, initial buys, replenishment, and product exits, balancing availability with inventory productivity.
Recommend pricing and lifecycle decisions using product costs, competitive positioning, customer value, and financial performance.
Product Development and Launch Execution
Represent the merchant perspective in product and sample reviews, balancing design, quality, customer needs, and unit economics.
Maintain clear assortment priorities and commercial decisions in partnership with Product Development and Sourcing; surface risks and tradeoffs early.
Own merchandising readiness for launches, including assortment details, pricing, product information, and selling stories; align timing with inventory availability and channel readiness.
Product Storytelling and Presentation
Partner with Brand, Creative, Digital, Retail, and Visual Merchandising to translate product intent into clear, compelling customer experiences.
Ensure product information, imagery, copy, and presentation accurately communicate design, materials, function, quality, and value.
Use feedback from stores and Customer Experience to improve assortments, product information, and future development.
This Might Describe You: 5 or more years of buying or merchandising experience, preferably within home or a design led consumer business, with a record of growing sales and profitability.
An excellent eye for design, materials, quality, and proportion, with the judgment to distinguish lasting opportunities from short term trends.
Strong command of assortment planning, pricing, margin, forecasting, open to buy, and inventory productivity.
Experience partnering with Design, Product Development, and Sourcing to take products from concept to launch.
Strong analytical skills and proficiency with spreadsheets and business reporting tools; ability to turn data into clear recommendations.
Clear communication, disciplined organization, and the ability to build alignment across teams.
An accountable, collaborative approach, with the confidence to bring a point of view and the flexibility to adjust as new information emerges.
What Success Looks Like: Assigned product areas deliver agreed sales and margin goals.
Assortment decisions strengthen Thuma’s design point of view and respond to meaningful customer needs.
Forecasts and buying decisions improve availability and inventory productivity in partnership with Planning.
Product launches are commercially prepared and executed with accurate information and clear storytelling.
Performance insights translate into timely, measurable improvements.

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You Will: Assortment Strategy and Product Direction

Why Join Us: 401(k)

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