Overview
Urban Outfitters Buyer – Home Jobs in Philadelphia, PA at Urban Outfitters
Full Job Description
Title
Buyer – Bedding
Reports to
DMM
Supervises
Assistant Buyer, Merchandise Assistant
Overview
The Urban Outfitters 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.
The role is very fast paced and candidate will need to have the energetic spirit to ebb and flow and understanding and foresight of current and future market trends.
They intuitively respond to customer feedback, market trends and develop action plans that drive category specific growth and increased profitability.
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 and identify new business opportunities that do not exist within current assortment today
Analyze velocity reports on weekly basis and respond to current trends as appropriate
Ensure key fashion trends are well represented in the assortment. Test emerging trends for selling viability
Facilitate and present seasonal buy strategies in partnership with DMM to the Executive Director by Retail and Direct channels.
Shop domestic and international market to fill voids, check on current trends and identify chase opportunities
Stay on top of viral and cultural moments and in turn, develop those ideas into product strategies.
Ability to distort classifications to ensure positioning within the market
Responsible for managing inventory levels and flow at Omni Channel
Develop new resources
Develop new design collaborations and manage artist relationships
Negotiate price to ensure mark-up goals are achieved
Maintain clear vision of store and direct customer and their needs.
Manage and develop the buying team in this area and empower them
Work with Merchandising team to develop strong story lines for the web-sight, emails and store presentations
Partner with Store Merchandising teams on visual execution to support key product strategies
Organization & Analysis
Weekly: Analyze velocity, attributes, and TY/LY. Manage OTB, markdowns, and inventory flow.
Monthly: Hindsight monthly performance and any attribute shifts that need to be made based on actual performance. 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 impr…
Title: Urban Outfitters Buyer – Home
Company: Urban Outfitters
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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