Buyer, Home & Gear

A key stakeholder in setting our merchandising strategy and vision for the marketplace brands, and vision across the Home & Gear categories, and future and current segments (baby, toddler, kids, pre-teen, teen). The role requires both vision for the long term merchandising strategy/assortment as well as ability to execute and drive growth in the near term, and will help to drive topline company growth and margin in addition to other annual goals.

• Build strong relationships with the vendor community and curate product assortments from various vendors and boutiques to fill assortment voids, managing a broad vendor base of 125-150 brands
• Prospect new vendors from multiple channels and negotiate profitable terms for Maisonette
• Attend multiple trade shows per year if applicable
• Keep abreast of current industry trends. Understand competitor’s strengths, weaknesses and strategy
• Partner with vendors to secure exclusive and/or limited distribution product
• Run weekly sales reports and analyze product performance highlighting key business opportunities and action on them
• Build cross-functional team relationships (marketing, planning, creative, operations etc).
• Propose & execute new category expansion opportunities
• Manage direct report(s) and oversee their development and growth
• Provide on-going analysis and interpretation of key business issues, with actionable insights
• Proactively network with vendors regarding available merchandise. This includes frequent and effective communication, negotiations, and providing sales and inventory projections
• Set the overall strategy and merchandise direction for the Home & Gear categories that ladder back to company OKRs
• Develop seasonal vendor plans in conjunction with Planner and VP of Merchandising and Planning
• Manage healthy stock levels and sell-through rates on all owned inventory
• Ad-hoc projects and business analysis from VP of Merch
• Support in new product uploads, maintaining current skus, integration issues, and customer service questions
• Act as a cross functional leader between Merch and other teams on key initiatives

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 7+ years of retail merchandising buying experience, ideally in a cross category e-commerce or retail organization, ideally with marketplace experience
• Analytical thinker and strategic problem solver
• Ability to partner with and influence vendors/cross-functional partners
• Knowledge of retail landscape, trends and the digital marketplace, and dropship and marketplace business models
• Natural merchant, with eye for Maisonette's uniquely curated assortment and an aesthetic point of view
• Ability to understand analytics and data driven strategies
• Clear, collaborative communicator; ability to streamline and synthesize copious information for various audiences
• Entrepreneurial, intrinsically motivated, enthusiastic, and adaptable
• Ability to effectively manage a direct report and support their growth
• Ability to prioritize among myriad and shifting priorities
• Ability to balance long-term strategic thinking with day-to-day tactical execution
• Personal passion for and perspective on consumer products within the children's space
• Proficiency in Google Suite (Word, Slides, Excel, Looker)

• Flexible PTO policy
• 100% remote with option to work from the Brooklyn office as desired
• 11 company-paid holidays
• "No Meeting Fridays" (...no meetings on Fridays)
• Duvet Days (one company-wide day off per month, January through May)
• Summer Fridays (early close on Fridays during the summer months)
• Employee discount on the Maisonette website
• Fully-paid new parent leave policies

Maisonette is an online marketplace for high quality baby and kids products across every category; from apparel to gear to toys and home decor. Founded by two moms in 2017 with the goal of helping modern families raise the next generation, Maisonette carries over 1000 unique brands from around the globe, providing relevant, high quality product at every price point, and expert-led content tailored to every stage of parenthood.

More about Maisonette:

• We are a fast-growing venture-backed start-up primed to become the dominant single-destination player in the kid's market.;
• Our vision and business performance resonates with investors; we’ve completed multiple rounds of funding from top-tier investors including NEA, Thrive Capital and G Squared.; 
• Our board of directors consists of leaders across the fields of tech, e-commerce, and fashion.; They include Co-Founder of Lumi Labs, Inc., and former President and CEO of Yahoo! Inc Marissa Mayer, Co-Founder & CEO at BRANDED Pierre Poignant, and General Partner at NEA, Tony Florence.;

We have a diverse, collaborative, and experienced executive team hailing from Vogue, Jet.com, Casper, Birch Box, Rent the Runway, Industrious, and Retail Me Not.

We’re passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, and perspective are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work is the right thing to do. We look forward to interest in our roles from all walks of life.