Job Description

FULL TIME, BUYER. COVER LETTER REQUIRED

Is your heart is filled with passions and your head with curiosity? Do you thirst to discover and build something new? Do you love to find the needle in the haystack - that one beautiful thing you and nobody else has ever seen? If so, this is the position for you.

Sage Goddess, one of the most popular spiritual lifestyle brands on the market, is a purveyor of gemstones, infused candles, perfumes, handmade bath salts, sage bundles, specialty beauty products, and online metaphysical education for customers of all backgrounds to help them bring more peace and purpose into their lives. Each week our brand reaches millions across our online communities.

We're looking for a buyer with metaphysical interest/knowledge to join our fast-growing team, full time and in-house at our head office in Carson, CA. Buyers are entrepreneurial business drivers who can build a product line and work cross functionally to execute their ideas. We are always on the lookout for the next great innovation in gemstones, perfumes, jewelry, and more, to bring amazing treasures to our community. Our buyers are doggedly persistent, but smart enough to know when to move on. Our buyers are vocal, yet respectful; they are creative, yet highly organized and able to quickly multi-task to drive toward their goals.

As a buyer for Sage Goddess, you’ll discover and manage an array of innovative partnerships with suppliers from around the world to develop commercially successful products. You’ll need to be a detail-oriented critical thinker with experience sourcing home decor, gemstones, crystals, and/or other similar beauty and personal care products from both domestic and international suppliers.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Champion, create, present product category to bring to market new and exciting products that align to our brand and community needs
• Discover and develop new partners, and successfully cultivate relationships for supplies and new products
• Negotiate product purchases successfully factoring in full product costing, profit margin, delivery timeline, production quality, etc.
• Collaborate cross functionally with various departments, including manufacturing, production, and marketing to drive product development and go-to-market success
• Manage product development lifecycle to ensure launch deadlines
• Analyze key success metrics and report on category success

If the list above describes you, please respond with a resume AND cover letter indicating the skills, experiences, and qualities you bring to this role. Replies without these items will not receive a response. We look forward to hearing from you.

Company Description

Sage Goddess is one of the most popular spiritual lifestyle brands. Boasting over 7,000 products sourced from around the world, our catalog includes truly unique candles, perfumes, handmade bath salts, dried floral bundles, and specialty beauty products. Sage Goddess products are designed to support healthy living and either sourced from nature (e.g., gemstones) or handcrafted with natural ingredients (e.g., organic oils, handmade jewelry and bath products, etc.).