Associate Buyer

Are you obsessed with data, partner success, taking action, and changing the game? If you have a whole lot of hustle and a touch of nerd, come work with Pattern! We want you to use your skills to push one of the fastest-growing companies headquartered in the US to the top of the list. Pattern accelerates brands on global ecommerce marketplaces leveraging proprietary technology and AI. Utilizing more than 66 trillion data points, sophisticated machine learning and AI models, Pattern optimizes and automates all levers of ecommerce growth for global brands, including advertising, content management, logistics and fulfillment, pricing, forecasting and customer service. Hundreds of global brands depend on Pattern’s ecommerce acceleration platform every day to drive profitable revenue growth across 60+ global marketplaces—including Amazon, [](http://walmart.com/), [](http://target.com/), eBay, Tmall, TikTok Shop, JD, and Mercado Libre. To learn more, visit [](http://pattern.com/) or email [press@pattern.com](mailto:press@pattern.com). Pattern has been named one of the fastest growing tech companies headquartered in North America by Deloitte and one of best-led companies by Inc. We place employee experience at the center of our business model and have been recognized as one of Newsweek’s Global Most Loved Workplaces®. We are looking for an Associate Buyer who will execute demand forecasting, inventory planning, and weekly ordering for a defined group of brands with guidance from senior team members. Brand communication and cross-functional alignment are key to success. Performance is measured by forecast accuracy, inventory health, instock rates, and execution consistency. This is a full-time role and will work a hybrid schedule in Lehi, Utah. ### What is a day in the life of an Associate Buyer? - Analyze and update short-term demand forecasts and place weekly orders for assigned brands - Build and maintain 3, 6, and 9 month ordering plans with support from senior managers - Prepare monthly demand, sales, and receipt forecasts and review them internally before sharing externally - Align with brand management on agreed-upon ordering strategies and execution - Identify forecast deviations and recommend corrective actions with guidance - Participate in brand calls and independently lead portions of discussions as confidence grows ### What will I need to thrive in this role? - Bachelor’s degree - 1+ years of supply/demand planning, buying, or analytical experience - Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables - Exposure to ERP systems and inventory workflows - Strong organizational skills and ability to manage recurring forecasting cycles - Understanding of basic retail KPIs - Developing interpersonal and communication skills ### What does high performance look like? - You give 100% to all tasks and projects you are given - You actively comment and participate in group collaborations - You will take full ownership of your projects and follow through to completion - You follow through with all assignments in a timely manner - You are flexible and can prioritize and pivot based on the business needs ### What is my potential for career growth? - This role builds the technical and analytical foundation needed to advance into an Inventory Manager role. You will deepen your forecasting skills, brand relationship management, and operational decision-making while receiving regular feedback and mentorship. ### What is the team like? - This team is collaborative and execution-focused. Associate Inventory Managers work closely with Inventory Managers and senior team members on shared goals and improvement initiatives. You will report into an Associate Director of Inventory Management, with increasing autonomy over time. ### We are looking for individuals who are: - **Game Changers:** A game changer is someone who looks at problems with an open mind and shares new ideas with team members, regularly reassesses existing plans and attaches a realistic timeline to goals, makes profitable, productive, and innovative contributions, and actively pursues improvements to Pattern’s processes and outcomes. - **Data Fanatics:** A data fanatic is someone who recognizes problems and seeks to understand them through data, draws unbiased conclusions based on data that lead to actionable solutions, and continues to track the effects of the solutions using data. - **Partner Obsessed:** An individual who is partner obsessed clearly explains the status of projects to partners and relies on constructive feedback, actively listens to partner’s expectations and delivers results that exceed them, prioritizes the needs of your partners, and takes the time to create a personable experience for those interacting with Pattern. - **Team of Doers:** Someone who is a part of team of doers uplifts team members and recognizes their specific contributions, takes initiative to help in any circumstance, actively contributes to supporting improvements, and holds themselves accountable to the team as well as to partners. ### What is the hiring process? - Initial phone interview with Pattern’s talent acquisition team - Video interview with a hiring manager - Onsite/video interview with another member of the team - Professional reference checks - Executive review - Offer ### How can I stand out as an applicant? - Be prepared to talk about educational and professional accomplishments with specific data to quantify examples - Be ready to talk about how you can add value and be the best addition to the team - Focus on mentioning how you would make a difference at Pattern - Be prepared to talk about any side projects related to data and analytics