Title: Urban Outfitters - Buying Assistant - Furniture

Objective: Responsible for assisting the buyer to create an exciting and timely product assortment for the retail and direct businesses that meet or exceed the sales volume and profit for the department.

Responsibilities:

• Supporting the daily operations within designated buying area and developing partnerships with the assistant and/or associate buyer on all necessary tasks
• Managing the flow of merchandise and updating picture packs
• Entering Purchase Orders and Purchase Order Management
• Manage samples within the Department
• Assist in photo handoff weekly where new product get shot for the web
• Rudimentary understanding of retail math
• Sharing and communicating thoughts/opinions to managers or business groups as a whole
• Ensuring accuracy in all systems
• Communicating late deliveries to the buying and planning teams
• 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

Skills:

• Recent graduate
• 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
• Ability and willingness to build / put together samples for the team’s review
• Must be comfortable on a ladder and have ability to lift and push more
  than 50lbs

Location: Philadelphia, PA

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, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

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.

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