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About the Role

As an Established Buyer for Women's Accessories, you will bring an entrepreneurial mindset to own the category strategy for hats, scarves, jewellery, socks, hair, sunglasses, and belts. You will ensure the offer remains fresh, on-trend, and aligned with customer preferences, while also providing leadership and development to junior buying team members.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate a fresh perspective to deliver a market-leading accessories offer online and across retail territories.
Own the category strategy, creating balanced ranges that are emerging and relevant to the UO customer, focusing on quality, value, and key volume.
Collaborate across functions to ensure complete delivery from concept to customer.
Work collaboratively with the Men's Accessories team on cross-divisional categories to maximize opportunity and avoid duplication.
Work closely with global partners to leverage all opportunities.
Demonstrate strong ability to trade and deliver in-season, as well as longer lead strategic initiatives.
Maintain excellent supplier relationships, identify sourcing gaps, and develop new relationships.
Drive individual, departmental, and total business goals through seasonal initiatives.
Own and present strategy, ideas, and concepts to senior management.
Provide leadership to employees and peers, fostering an open environment of continual training and development.
Manage, mentor, and develop a Buyer/Assistant Buyer, setting clear objectives and supporting their growth.
Work with Planners/Merchandisers to develop effective line plans.
Manage the Open to Buy (OTB) plan, adjusting as needed based on business requirements.
Analyze the business and react with timely reorders and cancellations.
Maximize margin opportunities and reduce markdowns.
Understand seasonality and manage the critical path accordingly.
Liaise with PR, Marketing, Web, Visual Merchandising, and Retail Operations teams to maximize sales and departmental potential.
Lead and deliver departmental sustainability goals.
Represent the brand with integrity and authority, acting as a brand ambassador.

Requirements

Proven Senior Buying/Product Development experience, ideally within Accessories, with strong market awareness including knowledge of relevant brands and reference points.
Entrepreneurial spirit with a strong understanding of the Urban Outfitters brand and customer.
Ability to identify emerging trends early and interpret them commercially and excitingly, curating an innovative and relevant product assortment.
Experience managing OTB and sales analysis to drive profitability while maintaining brand identity.
Clear communicator with the ability to present and support a point of view, and confidently present strategies to senior stakeholders.
Team player with the ability to provide leadership, training, and motivation to employees and peers, including proven experience managing and developing a Buyer/Assistant Buyer.
Management and Leadership experience.
Passion for trend-led product development, working with vendors to create fresh, unique, and first-to-market styles.
Commitment to inclusivity and sustainability, ensuring responsible sourcing and a progressive product mix.
Skilled in negotiation and vendor management, sourcing new partners, and securing the best quality, pricing, and exclusivity.
Adaptable and able to thrive in a fast-paced, reactive environment, responding quickly to market shifts.
Ability to travel internationally as needed.
Collaborative approach, comfortable working with the Men's Accessories team on cross-divisional categories.
Experience of, or good knowledge of, the branded accessories market is beneficial.

Skills

Negotiation
Vendor management
Trend identification
Product development
Sales analysis
OTB management
Communication
Presentation
Leadership
Mentoring
Teamwork
Adaptability

Location

Brick Lane

Work Type

12-month fixed-term contract

Experience Level

Senior

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
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.
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.
Our values are: 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.