Merchandising Buyer
Location: Beaverton, Oregon
Country: United States
Category: Marketing
Workplace Location: Onsite
Employment Type: Contract
Posted Date: April 23, 2026
Job ID: 646820
Job Description
Merchandising Buyer
Location: Beaverton, OR
Contract length: ~5 months
Schedule: Hybrid in Beaverton, OR (WFH on Fridays)
Pay: $30-32.67/hr, DOE
The Planet Group is looking for a Merchandising Buyer to join our well-known retail brand on a roughly 5-month contract! This role is 40 hours per week and will work a hybrid schedule in Beaverton, OR, working from home on Fridays.
Merchandising Buyer Qualifications:
- 2+ years' experience in footwear or apparel buying and/or merchandising, product creation and/or retail in a vertical, multi-brand or digital environment.
- Merchandising/buyer heavy on data analytics, Comfortable with large data sets, Excel
- Knows retail math - stock to sales, seasonal return, identify KPIs
- Strong affinity for current market trends and how apparel can continue to be a style leader in the marketplace
- Footwear, Apparel, Equipment or relevant consumer product buying and/or merchandising experience
- Understanding of common retail and/or digital profit-based metrics such as sell-through, turn, ASP, UPT and others
Merchandising Buyer Description:
- You will own translating strategic intent into action against future and current in-season assortments.
- You will understand related aspects of the business and marketplace in making your plans, including coordinating between genders, brands and how individual products or collections impact each other.
- You will collaborate cross functionally to ensure actions taken are driving consumer demand and in alignment with the over-arching strategy.
- You will become an expert within multiple systems as a critical action point to management of a healthy, brand enhancing, revenue driving portfolio.
- You will participate in seasonal assortment and buy reviews each quarter, as well as in-season trading to influence actions and optimize growth with your partners.
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About The Planet Group
The Planet Group is a global professional services firm delivering strategic staffing and advisory solutions. We operate at the intersection of talent and transformation – connecting the right people with the right opportunities in the areas of technology, engineering, accounting & finance, digital marketing, and manufacturing.
As one of the largest staffing companies in the US, we operate with a global reach and a performance-first mindset. We partner with clients to move fast, stay agile, and drive measurable results – building high-impact teams that fuel transformation and growth.
