Assistant Buyer

Welcome to the Table. At Sur La Table, community, culinary joy, and celebration are at the heart of who we are. From monthly spotlights to the Golden Whisk awards and cooking class perks, our culture blends recognition with hands-on experiences. New team members are welcomed with care and inspired by wellness events, inclusive stories, and a personal touch that makes you feel right at home.

Reports to: Buyer

Location: Seattle, WA - Hybrid 

About the Role

Sur La Table's merchandising team needs an operational backbone to keep multiple product categories running smoothly — from SKU creation and pricing execution to product data integrity and cross-departmental coordination. As Assistant Buyer, you will own the day-to-day execution engine that ensures accurate, on-time delivery of the department's strategic vision across stores and digital channels.

Within your first six months, you will have full command of SKU lifecycle management, promotional entry workflows, and vendor asset coordination for your assigned categories — and you will be building the retail math and analytical foundation that prepares you for the Associate Buyer role.

This is a lean team. You will own a lot, move fast, and make decisions with full end-to-end responsibility.

What You'll Do

• Create and set up new SKUs, including completing new item set-up sheets and procuring vendor assets (images, video, copy, and content).
• Own ongoing SKU maintenance including pricing changes, status changes, case pack changes, and style number changes.
• Populate and maintain accurate product data in the PIM system for buildout of items across digital channels.
• Enter promotional sessions in the system, execute price change entries, and maintain a comprehensive price change tracker.
• Submit requests through the project management system and manage merchandising approval through to completion.
• Own SKU lists for cross-departmental needs, including Excel and Smartsheet entries.
• Serve as a day-to-day point of contact with vendors for procuring assets and coordinating requests, building hands-on vendor relationship experience.
• Manage sample requests, tracking, and organization for assigned departments, partnering with vendors to ensure samples are available for launches, photography, and store visual needs.
• Proof customer-facing detail for accuracy — pricing and copy across email, digital assets, signage, and packaging.
• Populate and maintain line list SKU-level entries for visual merchandising to support seasonal floorsets.
• Support business reporting and analysis, including pulling recurring sales and inventory data and contributing to recaps.