Urban Outfitters - Senior Assistant Buyer, Home & Lifestyle at Urban Outfitters | GB | Rezi

Urban Outfitters - Senior Assistant Buyer, Home & Lifestyle at Urban Outfitters

Urban Outfitters - Senior Assistant Buyer, Home & Lifestyle

Urban Outfitters · GB

2 weeks ago

Urban Outfitters - Senior Assistant Buyer, Home & Lifestyle

Urban Outfitters · GB

15 days ago
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About the Role

This is a great opportunity for a Senior Assistant Buyer to join our Home & Lifestyle team. The ideal candidate will have a genuine passion for Urban Outfitters and the latest trends. They will be business-minded, hold strong communication and negotiation skills with a creative flair to thrive working in 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
  • Management of 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 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 ensure that sales are maximized, and the department reaches its full potential
  • Manage and develop a BAA
  • Keep abreast of market activity and make product recommendations
  • Strong ability to 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, ideally with a Home & Gifting background
  • 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

  • Communication skills
  • Negotiation skills
  • Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)

Location

  • Brick Lane

Work Type

  • Full-time

Experience Level

  • Senior 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
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Season ticket loan
  • 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.