From URBN / Urban Outfitters's posting. “We” and “our” refer to the employer.
Role Summary
Free People is seeking a Buyer who would be responsible for creating an exciting and timely product assortment for our accessories business across the retail, direct and wholesale divisons that meet or exceed the sales volume and profit for the accessories department. The Buyer of Accessories would drive trend, while capitalizing on product expansion through new styles, embellishments and brands.
Role Responsibilities
Managing a team to exceed sales and profit plan for retail, direct and wholesale business
Demonstrating and building collaborative relationships between design, production, merchandising, planning, allocation and sales
Partnering with the planning team to distort buys and ensure in-stock positioning for key items and classifications
Filtering high level, topline selling takeaways to divisional and director with action plan
Understanding the retail and wholesale calendar and ability to maximize efficiency of calendar for retail, direct and wholesale business
Managing, coaching, and developing buying team
Disciplining self and others to understand customer, competition, and ability to think creatively to seek business opportunities and drive the business
Managing the financials of business: OTB, IMU, MD, Closeouts, Inventory and receipt plan
Partnering with design and production to exceed customers’ expectations for brand quality
Partnering with the allocation/planning and sales team to thoroughly understand our store and wholesale customers (department, specialty, international and ecommerce) and develop assortments to best fit their needs
Analyzing assortment mix (private label, wholesale, and market) for retail, director and wholesale business
Role Qualifications
Strong management and leadership skills
Ability to thrive in fast-paced environment
Strong presentation, communication, and negotiation skills
Strong financial and analytical skills
Incredible interpersonal skills
Keen awareness of emerging trends
A demonstrated history of smart risk taking
Able to prioritize tasks and balance the immediate and long term needs of the business
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.
Responsibilities
Managing a team to exceed sales and profit plan for retail, direct and wholesale business
Demonstrating and building collaborative relationships between design, production, merchandising, planning, allocation and sales
Partnering with the planning team to distort buys and ensure in-stock positioning for key items and classifications
Filtering high level, topline selling takeaways to divisional and director with action plan
Understanding the retail and wholesale calendar and ability to maximize efficiency of calendar for retail, direct and wholesale business
Managing, coaching, and developing buying team
Disciplining self and others to understand customer, competition, and ability to think creatively to seek business opportunities and drive the business
Managing the financials of business: OTB, IMU, MD, Closeouts, Inventory and receipt plan
Partnering with design and production to exceed customers’ expectations for brand quality
Partnering with the allocation/planning and sales team to thoroughly understand our store and wholesale customers (department, specialty, international and ecommerce) and develop assortments to best fit their needs
Analyzing assortment mix (private label, wholesale, and market) for retail, director and wholesale business
Qualifications
Strong management and leadership skills
Ability to thrive in fast-paced environment
Strong presentation, communication, and negotiation skills
Strong financial and analytical skills
Incredible interpersonal skills
Keen awareness of emerging trends
A demonstrated history of smart risk taking
Able to prioritize tasks and balance the immediate and long term needs of the business
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