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About the role
- Lead collectibles buyer sourcing sports cards, TCGs, and inventory for Loot Labs’ Boxed.gg platform. Managing vendors, pricing, purchasing strategy, and collectible product assortments with up to 60% travel.
Responsibilities
- Travel to card shows, conventions, shops, and vendor locations to purchase inventory
- Source sports cards, trading card games, sealed products, singles, and collections
- Design loot tables and collectible product assortments
- Build and manage relationships with vendors, dealers, shops, and distributors
- Negotiate pricing, terms, discounts, and large purchases
- Track market prices, demand, margins, and inventory performance
- Maintain purchasing records, budgets, spreadsheets, and vendor data
- Evaluate product condition, authenticity, value, and resale potential
- Identify emerging products, players, sets, and collectible categories
- Collaborate with inventory, fulfillment, finance, product, and marketing teams
- Improve purchasing processes, standards, and pricing strategies
- Track on-hand inventory, input new inventory into internal tools, and maintain accurate inventory records
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience buying, selling, sourcing, or evaluating collectibles
- Expert knowledge of sports cards
- Expert knowledge of Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, One Piece, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Riftbound, and other major trading card games
- Strong interest in collectibles beyond cards
- Experience negotiating deals and managing vendor relationships
- Strong spreadsheet, tracking, and data-analysis skills
- Good judgment around pricing, margins, demand, and purchasing risk
- Strong communication, organization, and decision-making skills
- Ability to work independently and handle high-value inventory
- Valid driver’s license and ability to travel
- Willingness to travel up to 60%, with heavier travel during peak show seasons
- Availability for occasional evenings and weekends
Benefits
- Remote-first work environment
- Ability to work from anywhere in the world
- Global-scale product and collector experiences
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