Role Summary

Free People is looking for a a Buying Assistant who is responsible for assisting the buyer to create an exciting and timely product assortment for the retail, direct and wholesale businesses that meet or exceed the sales volume and profit for the department.

Role Responsibilities

• Supporting the daily operations within designated buying area and developing partnerships with the assistant or associate buyer on all necessary tasks
• Managing the flow of merchandise and updating merchant boards
• Rudimentary understanding of retail math
• Sharing and communicating thoughts/opinions to managers or business groups as a whole
• Entering, updating, managing, tracking, and organizing purchase orders in all systems (MTS, IP and Blue Cherry) to ensure timely delivery
• Ensuring accuracy in all systems
• Communicating late deliveries to the buying and sales team
• Setting up new vendors and send them routing guides and pre-ticketing information
• Developing cross functional relationships with market and internal partners
• Prioritizing and reacting with a sense of urgency to the requests from both the merchant and cross functional teams
• Assisting the buying team to proof catalog copy
• Identifying photos on the Free People website and wholesale website to be reshot to drive sales
• Organizing and cataloguing samples

Role Qualifications

• Strong communication, time management, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to prioritize projects and multitask
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, and Powerpoint)
• Ability to grasp multiple systems quickly
• Detail oriented
• Creative thinker
• Retail or previous buying experience preferred

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The Perks

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 

EEO Statement

Urban Outfitters, Inc. celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression), religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. We believe strongly in fostering a safe, fair and respectful work environment. To ensure compliance with our non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies, we offer anti-harassment training to managers and employees.