Anthropologie Assistant Buyer - Decorative Textiles

Urban Outfitters•Philadelphia, PA

About The Position

Anthropologie Home is seeking an Assistant Buyer to support the buyer in creating a timely and compelling product assortment for its retail and direct businesses. The assortment should meet or exceed the department’s sales-volume and profit goals. The role supports assortment planning, product development, buying operations, purchase-order and merchandise-flow management, and communication with vendors and internal partners.

Requirements

2–3 years of experience in a buying role at a larger-scale brand or company.
Understanding of the Anthropologie target customer and ability to select products and trends that appeal to the customer and meet expectations.
Fundamental understanding of business statistics, including IMU%, MD%, GM%, selloff, WOS, and OTB.
Professional verbal and written communication, strong presentation and organizational skills, and a high sense of urgency.
Ability to prioritize tasks and balance immediate and long-term business needs.
Experience with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and Outlook.
Ability to learn new computer systems quickly and retain the information.

Responsibilities

Partner with the buyer to develop a customer-oriented, curated product mix for each buying area that supports the profit plan.
Support day-to-day operations within the designated buying area and collaborate with the buyer on necessary tasks.
Contribute to product-development-heavy classes in collaboration with the buyer and vendor partners.
Help determine the mix of market and private-label products for each buying area.
Place buys accurately and on time with the buyer.
Maintain accurate buy sheets by class, month, and season.
Keep purchase-order and style-management systems and reporting aligned and accurate.
Enter, update, manage, and organize purchase orders to support timely delivery and product quality.
Manage weekly and monthly merchandise flow, including purchase-order delivery timelines, inventory-flow dates, and weekly tracking.
Set up new vendors and assist with onboarding, including sending routing guides and pre-ticketing information.
Respond with urgency to requests from merchant and cross-functional teams.
Apply retail-math fundamentals, contribute to weekly and monthly business notes and reactions, and conduct seasonal vendor sales analysis.
Proactively share opinions in cross-functional and larger merchant meetings and develop relationships with market and internal partners.
Coordinate with merchandising and styling teams to align with major programs and concepts and ensure buys and deliveries align with the merchandise cadence.
Assist the buying team with proofreading digital, mailer, and catalog copy.
Build and maintain productive partnerships, listen effectively, and communicate clearly in writing and verbally.
Manage a high volume of email across a diverse vendor database and update the manager on vendor feedback.