As of a couple weeks ago, I am officially part of big kid world! I accepted a position at APAC Sale Group as a Merchandise Assistant. Essentially, I assist the Buyer and Assistant Buyer.
APAC Sale Group is a flash sales site very similar to Gilt, but for the Australian/Asian markets. We currently have major presence in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand selling name-brand products for less! My role is to create and upload the sale once I have information from the Buyer. He will secure styles rough quantities from the supplier and from there I secure final quantities, request samples to be shot in our in-house studio {it's always a good day when men's product is being shot ;-) }, create the sale using our templates, and upload the sale. It doesn't sound like much, but it's a lot! I can only get 2-3 sales uploaded a day. I work for the Mens/Home/Kids buyer, but there are also Womens and Accessories buyers.
So far everything is going well and I am liking it! Since it is a relatively new company {about 2 years old} and still growing, it sounds like there is a lot of room for growth and advancement, which is a good thing!
