FP Movement Buyer - Tops and Camis

About the role

The FP Movement Buyer is responsible for creating an exciting and timely product assortment that meets and exceeds sales volume and profit goals for their departments. This role involves delivering the sales and profit plan for assigned classes through precise execution of a well-conceived merchandise strategy, responding to customer feedback, market trends, and developing action plans that drive category-specific growth and increased profitability.

Responsibilities

• Merchandising
  • Develop a compelling assortment based on store and direct strategies to meet or exceed sales volume and profit goals.
  • Expand product lines to enhance appeal to the target market.
  • Analyze velocity reports and respond to current trends.
  • 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 markets to fill voids, track trends, and identify "chase opportunities."
  • Distort classifications to ensure positioning within the market.
  • Manage inventory levels and flow.
  • Develop new resources, design collaborations, and manage artist relationships.
  • Negotiate prices to ensure markup goals are achieved.
  • Maintain a clear vision of the store and direct customer needs while developing the buying team in this area.
  • Work with the Merchandising team to develop strong storylines for the website, emails, and store presentations.
• Organization & Analysis
  • Weekly: Analyze velocity, attributes, and year-over-year performance. Manage open-to-buy (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.
  • Post-season: 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 the merchandising calendar relevant to the Home department.
  • Manage the Buying team on daily sample management and collection of product information for style-outs, meetings, and photo shoots.
• Product Information
  • Oversee product information prior to turnover and develop compelling storylines 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 trade, trend, and 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.

Qualifications

• Creative problem-solving skills.
• Entrepreneurial risk mentality.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a business.
• Lead by example: positive attitude, support for company initiatives, mentorship, and solution-oriented mindset.
• Ability to own, articulate, and execute a clear vision.
• 7+ years of buying experience required.

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Benefits

URBN offers comprehensive perks and benefits to employees, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Paid time off (PTO).
• Generous employee discounts.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Additional benefits may vary by location and employment status.

For additional information, visit www.urbn.com/work-with-us/benefits.