Overview
Free People Assistant Buyer Jobs in Philadelphia, PA at Free People
Title: Free People Assistant Buyer
Company: Free People
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Free People is looking for an Assistant Buyer who is responsible for working with the buyer and creating an exciting and timely product assortment for the retail and direct businesses that meet or exceed the sales volume and profit for the department.
Role Responsibilities
Supporting the daily operations within designated buying area and developing partnerships with the buyer on all necessary tasks
Ownership of buying a product class within the buying area
The ability to conceptually plan assortments that meet financial objectives
Delegating and directing the daily activities of the assistants and provide direction to the team
Prioritizing tasks and balancing the immediate and long term needs of the business
Researching and executing development of product in the marketplace
Personnel skills to work well with cross functional partners and team to achieve plans
Working closely with planning to understand financial indicators to react and drive business
Working with the buyer to learn to determine the overall mix of market and private label product for each buying area to ensure the final mix is ultimately customer oriented
Working with buyer to place buys with conviction
Learning from buying mistakes and applying those learnings to future buys
Vocalizing opinions proactively in cross functional or larger merchant meetings
Managing the flow of merchandise
Entering, updating, managing, tracking, and organizing purchase orders to ensure timely delivery
Communicating late deliveries to the buying team
Setting up new vendors and send them routing guides and pre-ticketing information
Prioritizing and reacting with a sense of urgency to the requests from both the merchant and cross functional teams
Assisting the buying team to proof catalog copy
Identifying photos on the web to be reshot to drive sales
Role Qualifications
Minimum of two years of experience in retail buying or a similar capacity
Ability to build and maintain productive partnerships and demonstrate strong listening, oral, and written communication skills
Strong organization and prioritizing skills
Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities
Detail oriented
Creative thinker
Team player
Proficient in Excel, Outlook, and Powerpoint
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.
