Retail Buyer

Rooted in

Good.

Our Mission:

Our Vision:

Our Values:

• Lead and Inspire.
• Commit to Win.
• ONE Curaleaf.
• Driven to Deliver Excellence.

Curaleaf Culture:

Who You Are:

What You'll Do:

• Analyze reports and data to make the best decisions
• Driving the strategic direction of the area with the goal to make Curaleaf the most compelling place for our customers to shop by focusing on Pricing, Assortment, Brands and Promotion
• Utilizing market analysis and internal and external market information to anticipate trends and future customer needs to drive brand and item selection.
• Visiting stores (both Curaleaf and competition) regularly to proactively understand assortments, pricing and promotion presentation
• Performing competitive analysis to understand what decisions need to be made to ensure Curaleaf stays at the top of the competition
• Determining mix and category position profile and assigns a role to each category
• Driving the category review process and making recommendations based on analysis
• Working with team to develop and approve master product assortment
• Determining pricing strategy for category / product that maintains Curaleaf's pricing integrity, drives sales, and gross margin dollars
• Reviewing pricing analysis to determine optimal pricing
• Determining promotional price based on competition, seasonality, and events
• Collaborating with Inventory Manager on inventory needs to support promotional strategy
• Collaborating with the supply chain team to ensure inventory optimization
• Evaluating marketing effectiveness and leading changes to drive increases over prior year
• Approving markdown strategy that ties to plan
• Informing and elevating markdowns that do not tie to plan to Regional SVP
• Seeking and partnering with reliable vendors and suppliers; negotiating with vendors for best pricing and promotional support
• Using analysis to drive assortment, pricing, and promotional placement decisions
• Utilizing industry information to drive brand and item selection focusing on internal mix and competition
• Creating a bottoms up plan to meet total area financial targets
• When applicable, mentoring, training, and developing Business Analysts and Associate Buyers
• Note : This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; you may be asked to perform other duties as assigned or required

What You'll Bring

• Strong analytical skills - ability to back up your decisions based on data and reports
• Experience in purchasing, planning, buying or procurement in the cannabis industry is required
• Previous experience in CPG or other fast-moving industries preferred
• Associate's or Bachelor's degree; or equivalent retail experience
• 3-6 years of experience in an Associate Buyer/Buyer role
• 3+ years of experience in the retail industry
• Buying, inventory management and analysis experience required
• Knowledge of the market, retail business and customers
• Knowledge of business drivers (e.g. pricing, promotion, assortment).
• Financial Planning skills
• Negotiations skills
• Sense of product trends
• Enthusiasm, Initiative and Passion
• Office computer skills; able to learn company systems and tools, preference for Microsoft application experience
• Dutchie, Tableau, LeafTrade experience a plus

What We Offer:

• Competitive Pay
• Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Retirement Plan - 401(K)
• Life/AD&D Insurance
• Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Community Involvement Through our Rooted in Good Initiative
• Employee Resource Groups
• Employee Referral Payment Program
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Commuter Benefits
• Employee Product Discounts

Curaleaf Awards and Achievements:

• 2023 Ragan's Top Places to Work
• 2022 TIME100 Most Influential Companies
• 2020 Cannabis Doing Good's Good Neighbor Award
• 2020: Minorities for Medical Marijuana's Diversity & Inclusion Award

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Current Curaleaf employees should use our internal job board to submit an application for current openings: https://app2.greenhouse.io/internal_job_board

Curaleaf creates clean, reliable, trusted cannabis products for wellness and medical use. Our highly-skilled dispensary staff is trained—and dedicated!—to help you find just the right method and concentration to achieve your personal cannabis goals