Supervision for an associate buyer will be something that may require a lot of time and attention at the very beginning of their new position. But as time goes on this is a position that needs to go to someone that can be trusted to work on their own. Managing an associate buyer will require you to have daily or bi-daily meetings with your associate to go over what needs to be purchased during the next order. This is something that they will learn to manage on their own. This could be something that is monitored weekly or bi-weekly eventually.