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
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