Early Talent - 2026 - Merchants - Assistant Buyer Trainee

About the Role

As an Assistant Buyer Trainee you will assist the merchandising team in analyzing the business, and learn to drive key pricing and marketing processes and provide operational support.

What Youll Do

• Analyze assigned lines of business by generating, reviewing and interpreting weekly reporting

• Own pricing and signing execution, in-season maintenance, markdown execution and debit processing

• Participate in marketing conversations ensuring Kohls is represented in a way that supports our product strategies while learning how to execute sample turn-in for photo shoots, advertising proofing and digital experience reviews

• Actively engage in competitive shopping, analyzing trends and competitor pricing and marketing

• Additional tasks may be assigned

What Skills You Have

Required

• Strong collaboration skills and ability to work as part of a team

• Experience creating, analyzing and manipulating spreadsheets

• Analytical mindset

• Adept attention to detail and excellent multitasking abilities

• Passion for products and customer obsession