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About the Role
This is a great opportunity for a Senior Assistant Buyer to join the Out from Under team, focusing on Womenswear Intimates, Swim & Lounge. The ideal candidate will have a genuine passion for Urban Outfitters and the latest trends, with strong business acumen, communication, negotiation skills, and creative flair for a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for all aspects of the day-to-day running of the business
- Create a balanced assortment encompassing fashionability and commerciality
- Manage the product development process to ensure critical dates are met and product is ordered and approved
- Build excellent relationships with the supply base and use strong negotiation skills, understanding margins and shipping terms
- Manage the OTB alongside the Senior Buyer and Planning team, recommending rebuys
- React to changes in demand to run the business as efficiently as possible
- Liaise with PR, Marketing, Web, Visual Merchandising, and Retail Operations teams to maximize sales and department potential
- Manage and develop two BAA's
- Keep abreast of market activity and make product recommendations
- Trade and deliver in-season, as well as long lead strategic initiatives
- Build strong relationships with Buying counterparts in the US office
Requirements
- A passion and enthusiasm for the Urban Outfitters brand and what we represent
- Strong buying experience as an Assistant Buyer across Womenswear
- Proven experience managing and guiding a BAA
- A keen eye for emerging trends and on-brand product
- Good knowledge of competitor activity from high street to designer and the vintage and resale market
- An entrepreneurial mind-set with a hands-on approach and strong team ethos
- A desire to drive efficient and effective results
- Strong communications skills, building relationships internally and externally
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office: Word/ Excel/ Outlook / PowerPoint
Skills
- Negotiation skills
- Communication skills
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
Location
- Brick Lane
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior Assistant Buyer
- Assistant Buyer
Benefits
- Flexible start and finish times
- Bring your dog to work
- Employees Assistance program
- Fully equipped free gym
- On-site wellness room
- 50% discount of external gym memberships
- Private Medical Insurance
- Up to 40% off at all URBN Brands
- One paid day to volunteer or fundraise for a charity of your choice
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Structured support within the business
- Continued learning and development
About the Company
- Urban Outfitters started out as a single boutique in 1970s Philadelphia with creativity and uniqueness at its core.
- 50 years on, and over 60 stores across Europe later, we’ve become a destination for emerging design, unexpected styling, One-Of-A-Kind vintage and homeware that makes you want to hit the share button.
- We speak to a social community of over 10 million forward-thinking individuals, bringing together a nostalgia for the past with an enthusiasm to shape the future.
- The UO community are culturally aware, they shape the music scene, they live a digitally native life and they wear style trends before anyone else.
- At our core, we empower our customers and staff to express themselves, unapologetically, living life in a way that's truly authentic to them.
- We are always excited to bring new talent into the room, especially if you share our values: Progressive, Creative, Inclusive, Responsible, Compassionate.
Equal Opportunity
- URBN is an Equal Opportunities Employer committed to diversity and inclusion.
- We provide equal employment opportunities regardless of age, sexual orientation, sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy, marital status, religion, race, or disability.
- We base all our employment decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs.