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.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Achieve sales and margin objectives for seasonal buying plans.
• Participate in defining and outlining organizational strengths and weaknesses, and determining external opportunities and threats.
• Support Buyer in the selection and purchase of product from vendor lines to augment planned assortments based on trend data.
• Assist Buyer in developing market analyses to define and assess current trends.
• Maintains assortment plans and continually assess market to identify and react to trends.
• Correspond with vendors; provides excellent service and attention.
• Facilitate strong working relationship between corresponding merchandising teams and the field organization.
• Maintain close relationships with Stores, Vendors, Distribution Center and Planning and Allocation team.
• Perform other job duties as needed.

WHAT YOU NEED

• Associates or Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience.
• 1 year progressive experience as an Assistant Buyer or Ability to travel up to 20% of the time
• Regularly required to sit, stand, bend and lift/move up to 10 pounds. May lift/move up to 40 pounds occasionally.
• Regularly attend concerts and fashion events to remain keen on current trends – fashion, music, culture, and other innovations regarding music/fashion.
• Knowledge on pop culture & novelty trends
• Strong analytical skills and quantitative abilities.
• Solid working knowledge of MS Offices.
• Illustrated dedication to meeting requirements of internal and external customers, responding to all customer requests promptly and thoroughly.
• Strong communication skills including ability to work in a team environment, give honest, direct feedback and is a solid verbal and written communicator.
• Meets deadlines, prioritizes appropriately, copes well with change, and maintains composure under pressure.
• Is accountable for results, approaches obstacles proactively and looks for ways to resolve problems and issues.