RTW Associate Buyer – North America
Company Profile
Founded in 1997 by Thierry Gillier, Zadig&Voltaire is a French contemporary designer brand known for redefining luxury with a bold, modern perspective offering fashion for both women and men. Rooted in freedom and creative audacity, the brand draws inspiration from contemporary art, rock & roll, a Parisian spirit, and self-empowerment, values that inform everything we do, from design to the way we collaborate, innovate, and grow our teams. The spirit of the brand is eternally youthful, encouraging its community to embrace individuality and self-expression while practicing self-love, taking bold steps, and living on their own terms.
Zadig&Voltaire is dedicated to nurturing the talents of tomorrow and supporting the development of its employees' skills across all the countries where the brand is present. True to its founders’ vision, the company is guided by an artistic and entrepreneurial mindset where employees are encouraged to be agile and proactive within a fast-growing global brand. Zadig&Voltaire fully embraces the complex challenges of the 21st century by actively engaging in its global sustainability program VoltAIRe.
As an evolving global brand, Zadig & Voltaire is looking for talented people to get involved. Zadig & Voltaire is an equal opportunity employer.
Job Description
You will join the Buying & Merchandising Department at Zadig & Voltaire’s headquarters in New York. You will work closely with the Retail, Planning, Supply Chain, Digital, and Global Merchandising teams to optimize product offering across North America store network.
The Associate Buyer helps drive the RTW business and is accountable to help achieve sales and margin objectives. The Associate Buyer will partner with the Sr. Merchandising Manager to develop and execute a strategy for assortment planning, and manage relationships with our partners in Paris, to maximize sales and exceed customer expectations. The Associate Buyer plays a lead analytical role in the merchandising process and product lifecycle.
Your key responsibilities will include:
Analytics & Performance Management
- Drive weekly, monthly and seasonal performance analysis to inform assortment decisions and optimize revenue, margin and inventory efficiency. (sell-out, stock, sell-through, margin)
- Analyze business at category, store, and SKU level
- Identify risks and growth opportunities and define action plans accordingly
- Support and manage rolling seasonal OTB planning
- Prepare weekly, seasonal, and ad hoc business recaps with financial performance analysis
- Build and continuously improve reporting tools and dashboards
- Conduct end-of-collection reviews (qualitative & quantitative) identifying successes and growth levers
- Monitor competitive landscape (product offering, pricing, positioning)
Assortment & Buying Strategy
- Contribute to and drive seasonal assortment planning for RTW US
- Prepare and develop buying tools for each showroom session (4 collections per year)
- Support buying strategy using key KPIs
- Consolidate buy volumes by store cluster, product, and size
- Present seasonal assortment insights and strategy to management
Product Lifecycle & Permanent Management
- Oversee product lifecycle from showroom selection to end-of-season
- Manage Permanent assortment depth and replenishment
- Monitor style performance and manage exits when needed
- Adjust assortment based on pricing, sell-through, and market feedback
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with Production and Supply Chain to monitor inbound deliveries and potential delays
- Coordinate with Retail and VM on product placement and assortment deployment
- Collaborating with Marketing and E-commerce on product highlights
- Support Training teams to ensure strong product knowledge across stores
- Act as contact point for selected Department Store initiatives
Retail Communication & Assortment Deployment
- Create and update the seasonal collection book and visual assortment guidelines for boutiques
- Ensure alignment between assortment strategy and in-store product communication
- Support retail teams with product storytelling and assortment visibility tools
Qualifications
- You hold a bachelor’s degree and have at least 3-5 year of experience (internship, fixed-term contract, or apprenticeship) in a similar role. Planning experience a plus.
- Dynamic, highly analytical, and highly collaborative, you are proactive and quickly autonomous.
- You have a strong affinity for numbers, with excellent analytical skills, rigor, and organization. Financial, strategic, and planning skills.
- You demonstrate strong product sensitivity and genuine interest in the fashion industry. Creative vision and awareness of trends
- Working closely with multiple internal stakeholders, you are recognized for your interpersonal skills, open-mindedness, and adaptability.
- You are highly proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel (mandatory).
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Vision insurance
• Unlimited Time Off
Schedule:
• Monday - Thursday HQ
• Friday Work from Home
