4-6 years of buying experience, particularly with dropship vendors
Strong analytical and decision-making skills
Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities
Excellent negotiation and communication skills
Comfortable balancing strategic ownership with operational details
Responsibilities
Own and drive growth for the Home category, ensuring alignment with business objectives
Source unique products and develop in-house offerings that fit brand ethos
Lead vendor relationships and negotiate pricing and terms for competitive advantage
Manage the Open-to-Buy budget, applying retail math for informed decision-making
Align product messaging with brand narratives to enhance customer engagement
Benefits
Company equity and opportunity for annual bonus
Comprehensive health, dental, vision, and life insurance options
Unlimited vacation time and flexible schedule
401k with a 3% company contribution
Monthly home office allowance and annual learning allowance
Paid parental leave and donation matching program
Free Bespoke Post box each month with additional discounts
Regular team learning and social events
Full Job Description
The Role
The Buyer for Home at Bespoke Post is a pivotal role focused on curating and developing our in-house brands and selecting top-tier products from third-party vendors. This role requires strong business acumen and a comprehensive understanding of the customer, product life cycle, retail mathematics, and effective inventory management strategies. With an eye for innovation and quality, you'll align new products with our brand ethos and drive growth within your category.
What You'll Do:
Category Ownership & Growth: You'll own the Home category from end to end, accountable for its growth and for how it performs against business objectives. You work with the planning team to set goals and strategy. You're the person who answers for the results, not just someone who fills an assortment.
Assortment & Brand Mix: You'll be responsible for sourcing niche and unique products, and for identifying opportunities to develop new in-house products, in partnership with Product Development, that fit with our ethos. You hold everything we sell to a consistent standard of quality and brand fit. You'll stay ahead of market trends, customer preferences, and the competitive landscape, and turn what you learn into new opportunities for the category.
Vendor Relationships & Negotiation: You'll lead our vendor relationships, including dropship partners, from first conversation through long-term partnership. You negotiate pricing, terms, and exclusivity, set the quality bar vendors are held to, and build the relationships that give us an edge.
Financial Oversight & Open-to-Buy: You'll manage the Open-to-Buy budget for Home and are accountable for making it work toward business goals. You apply retail math and sound judgment to make decisions. You turn numbers into information for buy decisions, where to invest, where to pull back, and how to keep inventory healthy.
Alignment & Storytelling: You'll align product messaging and narratives to the brand. You understand that a great product is only part of the job; how it's framed and introduced to the customer matters just as much.
Who You Are:
You're comfortable managing multiple projects and priorities at once, and you're willing to roll up your sleeves and stay close to day-to-day operations.
You hold strategic ownership and operational detail together without losing sight of either.
You bring 4-6 years of buying experience, including work with dropship vendors, along with strong analytical and decision-making skills.
You negotiate and communicate with clarity and confidence, and you make sound calls with the information in front of you.
Compensation, Benefits, & Perks:
Competitive base salary
Company equity
Opportunity for annual bonus
Health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance with FSA options and access to One Medical, Health Advocate, Teladoc, KindBody and Talkspace
Unlimited vacation time
401k with nonelective company contribution of 3%
$250 per month home office allowance
Up to $500 per year learning allowance
Paid parental leave
Flexible schedule
Up to $500 annual 1:1 donation match
A free Bespoke Post box each month, plus additional discounts
Regular team learning, and social events
$85,000 - $95,000 a year
About Bespoke Post
Bespoke Post is a subscription-based e-commerce platform that delivers monthly boxes of themed lifestyle goods to its subscribers. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in New York City. Bespoke Post's mission is to help men discover new and interesting products that they wouldn't have found otherwise. The company's boxes contain a variety of products, including clothing, grooming products, and home goods. Bespoke Post has been featured in a number of publications, including Forbes, The New York Times, and GQ.
