Buyer

• Buy 3rd party apparel brands and wearable accessories for Huckberry’s owned channels (Ecommerce and Retail)
• Own apparel brand relationships across the 3P portfolio, building long-term partnerships and negotiating terms
• Execute brand-level preseason planning and budgets, including assortment strategy, brand scorecards, and OTB management
• Drive Item Level Quantification for all 3P apparel and accessories buys
• Partner with Merch Manager and the broader 3P team to ensure coordinated multi-department brand strategies
• Manage in-season GTM execution for Ecommerce and Retail, partnering with the Ecomm/Marketing team on launch and slotting
• Identify and pursue opportunities for brand collaborations, SMUs, and exclusive product development within apparel and accessories
• Track and report on brand and category performance, surfacing insights to drive in-season adjustments
• Attend market and key brand meetings; maintain active relationships with top 3P apparel partners
• Support the broader 3P team with buying tasks and seasonal execution as needed
• Teach, coach, and motivate Assistant Buyer to drive in-season performance management and become exceptional pickers of product, editors of assortments, and business managers

Buyer – 3P Apparel, Accessories

• Manage all purchase order activity for assigned suppliers, including creation, revisions, confirmations, and delivery management.
• Own supplier communications related to delivery schedules, shortages, push-in/push-out requests, engineering changes, and recovery plans.
• Monitor supplier performance and proactively identify supply risks before they impact engineering builds or production schedules.
• Maintain ERP/MRP data accuracy including pricing, lead times, supplier records, order status, sourcing information, and procurement parameters.
• Support request for quotation (RFQ) activities and supplier quote analysis to assist Global Supply Managers (GSMs) with sourcing decisions and cost reduction initiatives.
• Drive tactical cost savings through supplier engagement, quote comparisons, pricing analysis, and identification of commercial opportunities.
• Coordinate material readiness for prototype, engineering validation, and production builds.
• Partner with Planning and Manufacturing teams to resolve shortages and material availability issues.
• Track long-lead materials and work closely with suppliers to ensure supply continuity and schedule alignment.
• Support supplier onboarding activities and ensure suppliers meet procurement process requirements.
• Resolve invoice discrepancies, shipment issues, receiving concerns, and supplier-related execution challenges.
• Provide timely updates to cross-functional teams regarding supplier commitments, shortages, material availability, and delivery risks.
• Support new product introduction (NPI) activities through proactive procurement planning and supplier coordination.

Buyer II

• In partnership with the Procurement Operations Manager, provide procurement operations support including: purchasing of inventory products, inventory management, non-inventory flow and space models, cycle counts, supplier management, procurement transaction and expediting support
• Develop deep knowledge of inventory items and align with like buildings to drive best practices
• Manage KPIs like inventory shrink, out of stocks, inventory turns, new item creations, and gross profit margins.
• Develop relationship across the building and network to ensure best practices are being shared and implemented
• Align with internal customers, Finance and Procurement Operations to understand budgetary targets by building and develop methods of measuring and defining savings, value and other category metrics
• Work in partnership both internally and with suppliers to develop innovative solutions to provide Procurement support to the Operations network
• Develop and implement ways to measure suppliers to drive continuous performance improvement

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Buyer – 3P Apparel, Accessories

Buyer II

Inventory Buyer