Assistant Buyer - Juniors License Apparel

At Hot Topic, we’re passionate about creativity and high performance. Our success comes from high-caliber teams that love our product and have a tenacious approach to learning, innovating and being the best at what they do. Our culture is people-centric; we believe in giving every individual the power to shape their own careers by providing the tools to get there. You’ll play a huge part in ensuring that our fashion apparel is on-trend, relevant and selling through to our customers.

This role operates on a hybrid schedule and will require to work from our HQ located in the City of Industry, CA three days a week.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Support your team in achieving sales and margin objectives for seasonal buy plans
• Assist your Buyer in the selection and purchase of product from vendor lines and internal product development team to augment planned assortments based on trend data. You'll have a hand in everything from vendor meetings and sample management to trend analysis and analytics
• Manage the PO process; writing, placing and tracking purchase orders
• Partner with vendors and provide an amazing experience with our brand
• Be a team player; you'll work closely with a broad array of business groups. You'll do a great job of maintaining solid relationships with our stores, vendors, distribution centers and planning teams
• Anything else that might come up!

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

• Associates Degree or higher preferred, or equivalent work experience
• At least 1 year progressive experience as an Assistant Buyer and the ability to travel up to 20% of the time
• Product Development or Merchandising knowledge is helpful. The more you know about product life cycle, the better! 
• Availability to regularly attend concerts and fashion events to remain keen on current trends – fashion, music, culture, and other innovations regarding music/fashion. Tough work, huh?
• Knowledge on pop culture & fashion trends; it's super helpful if you have a passion for our product! 
• Deep analytical skills and quantitative abilities. You can crunch numbers and aren't afraid of the words: analysis & Microsoft Excel
• Last but definitely not least; you'll need to be a team player with a positive attitude. This is a high volume category so you'll need to thrive in a fast paced environment and have an amazing attention to detail
• Regularly required to sit, stand, bend and lift/move up to 10 pounds.  May lift/move up to 40 pounds occasionally
• Regular travel is not expected though travel for some project rollouts may be needed

$23.50 - $28 an hour

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.