Urban Outfitters Buyer - Women's Sweaters + Woven Tops

About the Role

The Buyer is responsible for creating an exciting and timely product assortment that meets and exceeds sales volume and profit goals for Women's Sweaters and Woven Tops. This role involves delivering sales and profit plans through precise execution of a well-conceived merchandise strategy, responding to customer feedback, market trends, and developing action plans to drive category-specific growth and increased profitability.

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 appeal to the target market.
• Analyze velocity reports and respond to current trends as appropriate.
• Ensure key fashion trends are well represented in the assortment and 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, check 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.
• 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.
• 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 department.
• Manage the Buying team on daily sample management and collection of product information for style-outs, meetings, and photo shoots.
• 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.
• Shop competition and inspirational stores.
• Stay updated on trade, trend, and consumer publications.
• Attend fashion shows, design fairs, art exhibitions, and other influential cultural events.
• Challenge the buying team to interpret seasonal trends for all channels.

Requirements

• Creative problem-solving skills.
• 5+ years of buying experience, preferably in Sweaters and Wovens categories.
• Entrepreneurial risk mentality.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a business.
• Ability to own, articulate, and execute a clear vision.
• Positive attitude, support for company initiatives, and mentorship of others.

Benefits

URBN offers comprehensive perks and benefits, 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 more information, visit www.urbn.com/work-with-us/benefits.