Urban Outfitters Senior Buyer - Men's Wovens

Urban Outfitters is looking for a Senior Buyer in Men's Wovens. You will be the architect of a customer-obsessed product mix that is bold, ahead of the curve, and commercially explosive. If your decade of experience is backed by a relentless focus on data and a genuine, infectious passion for youth culture, it's time to drive a retail resurgence. This is your platform.

Responsibilities

• Visionary Assortment Strategy
  • Architect the Mix: Create a balanced, brand-defining assortment by translating raw customer feedback, macro trends, and deep dives into the market.
  • Drive Key Item & Core Strength: Own the key item strategy, especially for viral fits and core blocks, to drive max sales and profit. Crush our core business while constantly dropping fashion newness, testing new silhouettes, and leading strategic online expansion to snatch up those web-exclusive wins.
• Cultural and Trend Forecasting
  • Be the Pulse of Youth Culture: Obsess over fashion, style, and cultural movements. Watch the shows, read everything, and own the social conversation to stay at the cutting edge of Men's Apparel micro-trends.
  • Translate Trends into Action: Spot emerging trends before they blow up and instantly turn that insight into actionable, relevant product opportunities that define the season.
• Strategic Financial Leadership
  • Own the Business: Proactively manage the Open to Buy (OTB) and use real-time trends to execute timely reorders, cancellations, and markdown strategies to maximize profitability.
  • Data-Driven Decisions: Be a data champion. Analyze velocity, attributes, returns (with a focus on fit!), and markdowns to constantly optimize the assortment and mentor your team on using insights—not just gut feelings—to drive growth.
• Work at our beautiful 10-acre waterfront campus in Philadelphia, 5 days a week.
• Reports to the DMM and manages Assistant Buyers, Associate Buyers, and/or Buyers.

Requirements

• Experience: 9+ years in a fast-paced buying role, with major experience in a high-volume category. Bonus points if you’ve scaled a private label line.
• Education: A degree in Fashion, Merchandising, or the street-smarts equivalent that shows you understand the industry inside and out.
• Analytical Power: Full command of retail stats (IMU%, MD%, GM%, WOS, OTB, etc.) and the ability to turn complex data into a crystal-clear business strategy.
• Cultural Fluency: A deep, demonstrated understanding of the target customer. Every product decision is a deliberate step to meet, and blow past, their expectations.
• Leadership & Influence: Build trust, inspire cross-functional partners (Design, Planning, Production, Sourcing), and communicate complex strategy to leadership. Mentor junior talent and foster a customer-centric, trend-responsive team culture.

Benefits

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

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