Buyer, Nursery and Decor

Who We Are

Babylist is the leading vertical marketplace and commerce destination for baby, driving purchase decisions for more than 8 million people each year. Utilizing robust proprietary data, patented technology, and unbiased editorial guidance, Babylist recommends expert-tested products to those starting their parenting journey so loved ones can offer their support. Babylist registries connect new parents and their community of family and friends who help plan, prepare, and shop for a child's arrival. Babylist is the generational brand in baby, leading the $67 billion baby products market as the trusted go-to solution for growing families. To learn about Babylist’s registry options, editorial content, and more, visit www.babylist.com.

Our Ways of Working

We’re a remote-first company with team members located across the United States spanning multiple time zones. We know how valuable the flexibility of remote work is for our employees so people can get the work done in the way that suits them best. With rare exception, our employees generally work 9-5 in their home time zone. 

We also know that personal connection is the foundation for the great work we do together. In order to build community and collaboration, we gather in person two times a year at a full company offsite and a departmental offsite. These offsites are expected of employees and are great opportunities to meet the people you work with every day and to do some of the work that is much more difficult to do virtually.

What the Role Is

Babylist is hiring a Buyer to become a part of our growing e-commerce team. In this role, you will create and develop business strategies and assortment plans for the Nursery & Decor business that align with the goals of the overall division and business. You will identify opportunities to grow the business while maximizing profitability and efficiency as we scale. You will lead cross-functional communication, working closely with Inventory Management, Operations, Site Merchandising, Marketing, Content, Data and Product teams. This position may manage direct reports. We are excited about you because you are an analytical thinker, passionate about product and thrive in a fast paced and ever-evolving environment.

Who You Are

• You have a minimum of 5-7 years of experience in a retail buying or merchandising role, ecommerce. 
• You have strong excel and analytical skills  being able to interpret meaningful themes from quantitative data with an excitement for consumer products, innovation, trends, and merchandising.
• You have experience with management of 3rd party relationships tied to both internal and external financial goals.
• You are flexible, adapting to changing priorities and able to find efficiencies and improvements to make existing processes more successful.
• You have strong communication skills and can work effectively with the entire team including product, design, editorial, customer service, and logistics.
• You have a passion for start-ups and e-commerce with the ability to be scrappy and are comfortable wearing many hats.
• “Home/Nursery/Furniture” experience preferred.

How You Will Make an Impact

• Own the Nursery & Decor businesses as well as the attached sales and profit goals for the ecommerce team while managing associated vendor relationships.
• Build strategic vision for the total department as well as execution of the merchandising portion of owned brand launches to deliver results hitting department financial targets.
• Ensure key vendors achieve our mutually agreed upon joint business planning goals including sales, profit, and co-op.
• Help introduce and improve processes benefitting the broader ecommerce team. 

Why You Will Love Working At Babylist

• We are a remote first company and we invest in the infrastructure you’ll need to be supported and successful: tools, opportunities to connect with colleagues, and a stipend to help you set up your office
• We build products that have a positive impact on millions of people’s lives
• We work at a sustainable pace which means work/life balance is a real thing here
• We believe technology and data can solve hard problems 
• We believe in exceptional management 
• We are an antiracist organization and doing the work to support differences of all kinds
• We offer competitive pay and meaningful opportunities for career advancement
• We have great benefits like company paid medical, dental, and vision, a generous paid parental leave policy, and 401k with company match
• We care about employee wellbeing with perks for physical, mental and emotional health, parenting, childcare, and financial planning

If your experience is close to what we’re looking for, please consider applying. Experience comes in many forms – skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way. We know that diversity makes for the best problem-solving and creative thinking, which is why we’re dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team and encourage everyone to apply.

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