Assistant Buyer of Local Categories, HYBRID

We are dedicated to hiring and training exceptional team members, who are committed to serving the customer as the Traveler’s Best Friend. We strive to ensure we’re fulfilling our team members' career potentials through training, skills-development, and career pathways – as our team members grow and succeed both personally and professionally, so does Hudson. The Assistant Buyer of Local Categories position is for you, if you enjoy: Providing operational support to the Buyer and assist the buyer with developing National business strategies to maximize sales and profits focusing on all local/regional merchandise in both the newsstands and other specialty stores. Heavy communication with stores and vendors Travel to source new product, new store openings, store visits, store “re-dos” vendors meetings, trade shows, etc. Required Qualifications: Candidates for this position must be able to multi-task and have strong attention to detail Comfortable traveling approximately 50% of the time Must be articulate, assertive and have excellent communication skills (both written and oral) Proven ability to organize and prioritize work effectively with high sense of urgency Must be able to travel for multiple days at a time Strong math skills; ability to analyze sales and product statistics to support effective merchandising decisions Demonstrated initiative and ability to perform duties with minimal supervision Must have at least 2+ years of related experience.