Free People, Associate Buyer - Beach

Urban Outfitters • Philadelphia, PA

6d

About The Position

Free People is seeking an Associate Buyer to support its growing FP Beach category. The role partners with the buyer to create timely, compelling product assortments for retail and direct businesses that meet or exceed departmental sales and profit goals. It includes ownership of a product class, merchandise planning and development, purchase-order management, and coordination with planning, assistants, vendors, and other cross-functional partners.

Requirements

• At least three years of experience in retail buying or a similar capacity.
• Ability to build and maintain productive partnerships.
• Strong listening, oral, and written communication skills.
• Strong organization and prioritization skills.
• Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities.
• Detail-oriented.
• Creative thinker.
• Team player.
• Proficiency in Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Support daily operations in the designated buying area and partner with the buyer on necessary tasks.
• Own buying for a product class within the buying area.
• Conceptually plan assortments that meet financial objectives.
• Delegate and direct assistants’ daily activities and provide direction to the team.
• Prioritize tasks and balance immediate and long-term business needs.
• Research and execute product development in the marketplace.
• Work with cross-functional partners and the team to achieve plans.
• Work with planning to understand financial indicators and respond to business trends.
• Learn to determine the overall mix of market and private-label product for each buying area, ensuring the assortment is customer-oriented.
• Work with the buyer to place buys with conviction.
• Apply lessons from buying mistakes to future buys.
• Proactively share opinions in cross-functional and larger merchant meetings.
• Manage merchandise flow.
• Enter, update, manage, track, and organize purchase orders to support timely delivery.
• Communicate late deliveries to the buying team.
• Set up new vendors and send routing guides and pre-ticketing information.
• Respond with urgency to requests from merchant and cross-functional teams.
• Assist the buying team with proofreading catalog copy.
• Identify web photos that should be reshot to drive sales.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Paid time off (PTO).
• Employee discounts.
• Retirement savings.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed