Assistant Buyer

At Kotn, we are reimagining how our everyday items are made and purchased, beginning with your wardrobe and setting a new standard for social impact and traceability. Founded in February 2015, Kotn has been featured in over 80 publications, including The New York Times, GQ, Vogue, and Hypebeast. Kotn was founded in Toronto by three best friends who were fed up with compromising quality, design, sustainability, brand experience, and price.Kotn is seeking an Assistant Buyer to support the Merchandising team by ensuring the accurate and timely execution of assortment planning, purchase order management, and sales reporting. This role requires a high level of attention to detail, strong organizational and data-management skills, and an eagerness to develop analytical capabilities while managing multiple priorities with increasing independence.Title: Assistant BuyerReporting To: BuyerDepartment: Merchandising, Buying, & PlanningCompensation: $49,000 - $69,000What You’ll Be Working On:Sales Reporting, Analytics, & Market Research (50%)Prepare weekly and monthly sales reporting, ensuring accuracy and completeness, and provide insights on SKU productivity, sell-through, and margin performanceSupport the Buyer with analyzing SKU productivity, sell-through, and margin performance, surfacing insights that guide business decisionsMonitor sell-through metrics, best sellers, and underperformers weekly to identify risks and opportunities to drive salesShare actionable recommendations to support in-season adjustments, such as reorders, promotion timing, or replenishment shiftsConduct regular market and competitor analysis (assortment, pricing, promotions) to contextualize internal performance and support leadership decision-makingAssortment Execution & PO Management (30%)Contribute to seasonal assortment builds by ensuring accuracy across tools and surfacing insights on product performance and opportunitiesCreate, track, and support purchase orders with attention to detail and timeliness, maintaining accuracy with PO ex-factory dates to ensure alignment with production and delivery timelinesCollaborate with Supply Chain partners to monitor delivery timelines, flag risks, and recommend solutions to minimize impactMaintain product data integrity across all merchandising systems and toolsSupport PO execution in-system in partnership with Planning, ensuring accuracy while helping streamline processes as neededOperations, Launch Support, & Delivery Tracking (20%)Collaborate cross-functionally with Marketing, Channel Teams, and Supply chain to ensure product and delivery information is aligned, accurate, and supports seamless launch execution across seasons, promotions, and channel merchandisingTrack product deliveries in partnership with Supply Chain, communicate accurate ETAs, and proactively flag risks or delays to ensure alignment with launch timelinesProvide input on seasonal recaps and presentations to share results and learnings with cross-functional teams Maintain merchandising trackers, tools, and documents with accuracy and consistencySupport ad hoc projects that improve team efficiency and accuracyWhat You’ll Bring:Analytical & Detail-OrientedYou love digging into data, catching discrepancies, and making sure every PO, SKU, and cost detail is accurateCross-Functional CollaborationYou build strong working relationships and communicate clearly with cross-functional teams to keep product tracking, ordering, and delivery running smoothly.Merchandising Instinct & Customer MindsetYou’re tuned into what customers want and can translate trends, performance, and feedback into smart buy support decisionsAdditional Requirements:2+ years of merchandising, buying, or planning experience in apparel, with exposure to assortment building, sales analysisPost secondary education in a related field such as business, buying, or merchandisingStrong numerical skills and proficiency in Excel, Googlesheets and Retail MathStrong written and verbal communication with extremely high attention to detail