Urban Outfitters Allocator

Urban Outfitters • Philadelphia, PA

12d

About The Position

Urban Outfitters is looking for an analytical, collaborative, and customer focused individual to support allocating goods to stores. The Allocator is an operational role working with multiple teams across the organization, including the Planning, Buying, Operations, and Distribution teams. With the key objective of managing inventory at the store level to maximize sales and achieve financial objectives for their respective division and total company.

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years Allocation experience
• High Proficiency with Microsoft Excel
• Basic knowledge of retail math concepts and applications
• Strong statistical analysis skills
• Strong communication skills
• Excellent organizational, prioritizing and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work well within a team environment

Responsibilities

• Meet or exceed sales, gross margin and inventory turn goals
• Execute the Allocations of initial inventories and in-season replenishment to stores
• Recap and communicate location and size selling performance
• Collaborate with buying team on basic replenishment styles to meet in-stock targets
• Ensure timely and accurate execution of new store openings
• Develop knowledge of geographic and store-attribute performance and trends through data analysis and field communication
• Participate in OTB, Strategy, and Hindsight meetings, contributing input on distribution strategies
• Collaborate with peers to ensure consistency of information, share best practices and develop systems knowledge
• Support store needs (inventory/replenishment) as they are communicated from our Store Planning partners
• Visit stores on a regular basis to understand site specific opportunities

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees