Assistant Buyer

The Role
The Assistant Buyer will have knowledge of cannabis and cannabis-adjacent devices and will utilize a successful track record of buying experience to enhance our national dispensary footprint. The Assistant Buyer will be responsible for managing day-to day purchasing activities that all drive towards the strategic goals of the organization: enhanced sales, enhanced margins, and a world-class patient experience.
Responsibilities

• Curate a compelling non-cannabis assortment (devices, lighters, apparel, et al) for our national retail footprint
• Creates purchasing strategies that correlate to the financial goals of each dispensary
• Partners closely with internal Marketing, Retail Operations, and Cannabis buying teams to devise assortment strategy and oversee its execution along the supply chain
• Develops strong relationships with suppliers of cannabis products to ensure consistent access to product for our patients
• Anticipates potential problems and risks; generates ideas, insights and solutions to resolve potential problems. Proposes and executes solutions for issues identified during analysis of data
• Establishes and maintains a reputation of credibility and responsiveness in the marketplace
• Elicits critical information from vendors with regards to market trends and current buying activity of competitors and presents findings effectively
• Responsible for managing the full lifecycle of buying product innovation, vendor meetings, costing negotiations, executive reporting, pricing analysis, promotional calendars, and product exit strategies
• Builds reports to enhance decision making at all levels of the organization. Reports will include best sellers, promotional expectations, and category performance
• Completes and tracks all Purchase Orders
• Manages data entry for new products, promotions and discounts for CPG categories
• Resolves any Vendor discrepancies for Invoices, Purchase Orders, Missing COA's, Compliance Violations, and Metric Manifests for respective categories
• Understands the competitive landscape of the cannabis industry
• Manage appropriate inventory levels to ensure dispensaries can exceed sales expectations
• Assists Buyer and performs other ad hoc duties as needed

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field preferred, but not required
• 1-2 years' experience in retail buying, merchandising, or planning
• Intermediate proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Ability to gather / analyze data and to work with incomplete information
• Highly motivated, self-directed, innovative and able to work independently or among teams with keen judgement, common sense and resourcefulness
• Adapts and thrives in a demanding, fast-paced environment
• Possesses a high level of critical thinking
• Operates with a high level of professionalism and integrity, including dealing with confidential information
• Must understand and comply with the rules, regulations, policies, and procedures of Green Thumb
• Must have a solid understanding of the Cannabis laws, rules and regulations and passion to further their understanding and knowledge of the industry and the laws.

Additional Requirements

• Must pass any and all required background checks
• Must be and remain compliant with all legal or company regulations for working in the industry
• Must possess valid driver's license
• Must be a minimum of 21 years of age
• Must be approved by state badging agency to work in cannabis industry