Assistant Buyer

  • Huntress - Leeds
  • City, Leeds
  • Feb 03, 2026
Full time Retail

Job Description

Assistant Buyer - Menswear

As an Assistant Buyer within Menswear, you will support the buying function across product development, range management and trading activity. This is a fast-paced, hands-on role, ideal for someone passionate about product and keen to progress into a Junior Buyer position.

Working closely with the Senior Menswear Buyer and wider team, you will help deliver a commercial, on-brand product range.

Location: Leeds

Salary: 28,000 +

Key Responsibilities

  • Support product range selection, development and sign-off

  • Maintain departmental trackers, spreadsheets and buying systems

  • Prepare competitive analysis and product performance reports

  • Manage the critical path and supplier communication

  • Coordinate samples and support photography and catalogue accuracy

  • Identify process improvements and support ad-hoc buying projects

  • Support training and workload management where required

About You

  • Degree in Fashion Buying (or related), or minimum 3 years' Buying Assistant experience

  • Strong attention to detail, organisation and communication skills

  • Proactive, commercially aware and comfortable in a fast-moving environment

  • Passionate about product and career progression within buying

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PLEASE NOTE: We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK.