Assistant Buyer

TPS Group Holdings, a family of brands including The Paper Store and Uncharted, is all about transforming daily routines into joyful escapes that inspire and surprise. Our mission is to connect with every customer through carefully chosen products, immersive shopping experiences, and service that goes the extra mile, creating a space that sparks joy with every visit.

Position Overview: As an Assistant Buyer, Fashion & Accessories, you’ll be involved in the buying process from product discovery through delivery to our stores and online. You’ll partner closely with the Buyer to identify trends and new product opportunities, analyze weekly performance, manage vendor relationships, and ensure products move smoothly from initial selection to the customer.

We’re looking for someone with experience supporting retail buying in Fashion, Accessories, Apparel, Handbags, or related retail categories, ideally within a fast-paced, high-SKU environment. You have a strong eye for product and understand how trends, customer preferences, sales, margin, and inventory come together to drive the business.

What You’ll Do

Discover Trends & Build Product Expertise

• Stay close to emerging fashion, accessory, color, and lifestyle trends across retail, social media, and customer behavior
• Monitor competitors' assortments, pricing, promotions, and emerging brands to identify opportunities
• Assist with vendor meetings, market appointments, trade shows, and product reviews
• Track newness, best sellers, emerging trends, and opportunities within the assortment
• Build deep knowledge of your assigned product categories and customer

Analyze the Business

• Analyze weekly sales, margin, inventory, sell-through, and turn to identify trends and opportunities
• Build a strong working knowledge of retail math and the financial drivers of the business
• Support seasonal and post-season analysis to inform future buying decisions

Drive Day-to-Day Buying Operations

• Own purchase order management, including entry, updates, accuracy, and vendor follow-up
• Monitor order status, shipping, costs, cancellations, and backorders
• Maintain accurate SKU, vendor, and product information in internal systems
• Track samples and communicate product changes to cross-functional partners
• Prepare reports, meeting recaps, product information, and seasonal buy materials

Support Inventory & Product Flow

• Execute allocations and replenishment to support store inventory needs
• Partner with Planning, Allocation, and Distribution Center teams to ensure smooth product flow
• Support transfers, consolidations, recalls, and other inventory needs
• Maintain clean and accurate data to support inventory productivity

Partner Cross-Functionally

• Work closely with Planning, Allocation, Marketing, E-Commerce, Distribution, and store teams
• Ensure product information, images, and details are accurate for digital channels
• Support seasonal launches, promotions, and key product initiatives
• Communicate effectively with vendors regarding samples, product details, deliveries, and order updates

Who You Are

• Bring 2+ years of experience supporting retail buying, ideally within Fashion, Accessories, Apparel, Handbags, or related categories
• Experience supporting both brick-and-mortar and eCommerce businesses preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Fashion, Retail, or a related field preferred
• Strong understanding of retail math, including sales, margin, inventory, sell-through, and turn
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, including working with data and reporting
• Curious about fashion trends, new brands, products, and what customers will want next
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to turn data into actionable insights
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail and follow-through
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced retail environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Collaborative and comfortable working across multiple functions
• Interested in developing toward a Buyer role and taking on greater category ownership over time
• Ability to work onsite 4 days per week in Acton, MA

The Paper Store is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, veteran status, or any other classification protected by state, local or federal law.

Please be aware that any pay ranges displayed on The Paper Store's job postings are to accommodate the wide range of candidate experience, store sales volume and geography