Urban Outfitters Buyer

Role Summary:
Urban Outfitters is searching for a Buyer for Home to create an exciting and timely product assortment that meets and exceeds the sales volume and profit for their departments.

Role 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
- 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 improvement in efficiencies, execution, brand/product positioning, timing, and quality.
- Creative Development_
- Shop competition and inspirational stores
- Read all pertinent trade, trend, consumer publications. Stay connected to current industry trends, fashion shows, design fairs, art exhibitions, and other influential cultural events.
- Stay on top of viral and cultural moments and in turn, build a merchandising strategy and develop those ideas into product strategies.
- Challenge the buying team to interpret seasonal trends for all channels.

Role Qualifications:

- Creative problem solving.
- True entrepreneurial risk mentality.
- Demonstrated ability to lead a business.
- Lead by example. Be positive, support company initiatives, mentor others, and be a part of the solution.
- Be able to own, articulate, and execute a clear vision.
- 5+ years buying experience required.

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