Title: Associate Retail Buyer Location: Chicago, IL Job Type: Full-Time | Exempt About the Role: As an Associate Retail Buyer at Curaleaf, you’ll partner with the Retail Buyer to shape product strategy, optimize pricing, promotions, and shelf placement to meet customer and financial goals. You’ll manage sourcing, purchasing, and planning for Curaleaf and third-party products, while building strong vendor relationships to secure favorable deals and enhance the customer experience. What You’ll Do: Manage the full buying lifecycle, from product innovation to vendor negotiations, pricing, and promotions, while coordinating inventory logistics to meet service metrics, customer demand, and financial targets Develop purchasing strategies aligned with financial goals and supports product allocation across dispensaries, states, and micro-regions Manage supply chain data, create reports on best-sellers, promotions, and performance, and audit purchasing processes to ensure best-in-class standards Generate purchase orders to strengthen vendor relationships, manage new product creation, and track credit memos while implementing aging inventory strategies Collaborate with Store Operations to create localized assortments and sales forecasts, while building strong relationships with suppliers to ensure consistent product availability Analyzes the competitive landscape for opportunities and identifies cross-business projects to drive continuous improvement What You’ll Bring: You have at least 1 year of experience in inventory management, new product planning, buying, merchandising, supply chain, forecasting tools, and/or assortment decision-making You have strong data-driven decision-making, excellent organizational skills, and effective communication with vendors and colleagues, paired with confident negotiation abilities You efficiently meet deadlines, leverage business data analysis and software, and thrive in fast-paced environments, working independently or as a collaborative team member You’ll have the flexibility to travel within the state for 5-10% of each month Even Better If: You have advanced proficiency in MS Excel and Tableau, with experience in buying, merchandising, supply chain, and assortment decision-making You bring valuable experience in the cannabis industry J-18808-Ljbffr