URBN

Multi-brand fashion retail with lifestyle brands

Buyer/Associate Buyer - Women's Pants

Procurement & SourcingUpdated on Nov 13

ContractPhiladelphia, PA, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

At least 5 years of buying experience is required, preferably in pants and/or denim.
Demonstrated ability to lead a business.
Ability to own, articulate, and execute a clear vision.

Responsibilities

Develop a compelling assortment based on store and direct strategies to meet or exceed sales volume and profit goals.
Expand the product line to enhance its appeal to the target market.
Analyze velocity reports and respond to current trends as appropriate.
Ensure key fashion trends are represented in the assortment and test emerging trends for selling viability.
Finalize plans and merchandise product assortments for all channels.
Shop domestic and international markets to fill assortment gaps, check current trends, and identify chase opportunities.
Adjust classifications to ensure market positioning.
Manage inventory levels and flow.
Develop new resources, design collaborations, and artist relationships.
Negotiate prices to achieve markup goals.
Maintain a clear understanding of store and direct customers and their needs, and develop the buying team in this area.
Work with the Merchandising team to develop storylines for the website, emails, and store presentations.
Weekly, analyze velocity, attributes, and this-year/last-year results; manage open-to-buy, markdowns, and inventory flow.
Monthly, analyze returns and markdowns across all channels, develop profitability strategies, and work with cross-functional teams on evolving strategies.
Conduct in-season and post-season analyses to evaluate and control the business.
Communicate current trends, opportunities, successes, and failures at best/worst meetings.
Maintain a merchandising calendar relevant to Home.
Manage the Buying team's daily sample management and collection of product information for style-outs, meetings, and photo shoots.
Train, manage, and delegate the Buying team's daily activities.
Oversee product information before turnover and develop storylines to increase productivity across all channels.
Drive and understand the private-label product-development process, contributing to improvements in efficiency, execution, brand and product positioning, timing, and quality.
Shop competitors and inspirational stores.
Read relevant trade, trend, and consumer publications and stay current with industry trends, fashion shows, design fairs, art exhibitions, and other influential cultural events.
Challenge the Buying team to interpret seasonal trends for all channels.

Desired Qualifications

Buying experience in pants and/or denim is preferred.
Demonstrate an entrepreneurial risk mentality.
Lead by example, support company initiatives, mentor others, and contribute to solutions.

Role Summary

Urban Outfitters is looking for a Temporary Buyer in Women's Pants. The Buyer is responsible for creating an exciting and timely product assortment that meets and exceeds the sales volume and profit for their departments. This candidate will need to deliver the sales and profit plan for assigned classes through the precise execution of a well-conceived merchandise strategy. They intuitively respond to customer feedback, market trends and develop action plans that drive category specific growth and increased profitability.

Role Responsibilities

Merchandising

Develop a compelling assortment, based on store and direct strategies that meet/exceed sales volume and profits
Expand product line to enhance appeal to target market.
Analyze velocity reports and respond to current trends as appropriate
Ensure key fashion trends are well represented in the assortment. Test emerging trends for selling viability
Facilitate finalizations to plan and merchandise product assortments for all channels
Shop domestic and international market to fill voids, check on current trends and identify “chase opportunities”
Ability to distort classifications to ensure positioning within the market
Responsible for managing inventory levels and flow
Develop new resources
Develop new design collaborations and manage artist relationships
Negotiate price to insure mark-up goals are achieved
Maintain clear vision of store and direct customer and her needs. Also develop the buying team in this area
Work with Merchandising team to develop strong story lines for the web-sight, emails and store presentations

Organization & Analysis

Weekly: Analyze velocity, attributes, and TY/LY. Manage OTB, markdowns, and inventory flow.
Monthly: Analyze returns and markdowns for all channels and develop strategies to achieve profitability. Work closely with cross-functional teams to develop new and evolving strategies for go forward.
Post Season: Conduct in-season and post-season analyses to better evaluate and control the business.
Clearly communicate current trends, opportunities, successes, and failures at best/worst meetings.
Maintain merchandising calendar relevant to Home
Manage Buying team on daily sample management and collection of product information for style-outs, meetings, and photo shoots
Train, manage, and delegate daily activities to Buying team

Product Information

Oversee Product Information prior to Turnover and develop compelling story lines to increase productivity for all channels.
Drive and understand the private label process for product development. Contribute to continuous improvement in efficiencies, execution, brand/product positioning, timing, and quality.

Creative Development

Shop competition and inspirational stores
Read all pertinent trade, trend, consumer publications. Stay connected to current industry trends, fashion shows, design fairs, art exhibitions, and other influential cultural events.
Challenge the buying team to interpret seasonal trends for all channels.

Role Qualifications

5+ years buying experience required; preferably in Pants and/or Denim.
True entrepreneurial risk mentality.
Demonstrated ability to lead a business.
Lead by example. Be positive, support company initiatives, mentorothers, and be a part of the solution.
Be able to own, articulate, and execute a clear vision

The Perks

URBN offers comprehensive Perks & Benefits to employees. Availability and eligibility to specific benefits may be subject to your location and employment status. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, PTO, generous employee discounts, retirement savings and much more! For additional information visit www.urbn.com/work-with-us/benefits

EEO Statement

URBN celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression), religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. We believe strongly in fostering a safe, fair and respectful work environment. To ensure compliance with our non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies, we offer anti-harassment training to managers and employees.

About the Company

URBN

Multi-brand fashion retail with lifestyle brands

URBN operates a global portfolio of lifestyle brands, including Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Free People, Nuuly, Terrain, and Vetri Family. Each brand targets different customer niches with a mix of clothing, accessories, and home goods, and some offerings extend into experiences like dining or a rental model with Nuuly. The multi-brand approach lets URBN serve a wide range of tastes under one umbrella and diversify beyond a single brand. Its goal is to build long-term value by expanding brand offerings, entering related product areas, and exploring services like rental to support a circular economy while reaching new markets.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Philadelphia, PA
Founded: 2016

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