Assistant Buyer 20 hour/ 12 month FTC

Company Description
Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing, and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands, and international markets. The Company's brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world's most widely recognized families of consumer brands. At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups, and Celebration.

Position Overview
To provide integral operational support to the buying team, ensuring we achieve our department financial plans and our seasonal strategies are realized from inception to implementation in-store. The candidate should have an interest in product within the premium apparel market and be keen to understand the end-to-end buying process within Ralph Lauren.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

1. Strong data integrity and management of daily, weekly, and seasonal buying responsibilities; deliveries, pricing, assortment updates, and general admin support.
2. Ability to navigate required tools and systems, troubleshoot issues, and identify better ways of working to improve efficiency.
3. Manage delivery forecasts and their impact on business.
4. Demonstrate and communicate awareness of the retail landscape; conduct research on the competitive set including pricing, style, and key messages and translate findings into actions.
5. Support in preparing necessary documents and resources for major calendar meetings, including Hindsight, Buy Review, and Sign Off.
6. Agile Outlook and email management to maintain department critical path.
7. Able to analyze business reports with support from the manager to broaden knowledge.
8. Develop the ability to draw top-line conclusions and actions from analysis to influence future buys.
9. Create and maintain strong working relationships within cross-functional teams: Assortment Planning, Trading & Allocations, Retail Store teams, Global Production and Merchandising teams, and Brand Presentation team to ensure the department critical path is maintained to the highest standard.

Experience, Skills & Knowledge

1. Awareness of product trends and current state of the market.
2. Good understanding of Ralph Lauren as a brand within the market.
3. Able to demonstrate logical analysis and problem-solving skills.
4. Attention to detail.
5. Able to work on own initiative and be proactive.
6. Able to organize, prioritize tasks, and manage time well to meet deadlines.
7. Demonstrates good listening, written, and oral communication skills, effectively and clearly communicates.
8. Able to build and maintain productive relationships within a team environment.
9. Understanding & usage of Microsoft application skills, particularly Excel are appreciated.
10. Able to demonstrate resilience and remain positive during challenging periods.