Anthropologie Assistant Merchandise Planner

URBN Urban Outfitters, Inc.; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

PTO

Employee discounts

Retirement savings

Job summary

URBN Urban Outfitters, Inc. is seeking an Assistant Merchandise Planner for Anthropologie to support the Apparel Planning team with financial reporting and recap activities.

The role focuses on retail math, assortment planning, and creating sound merchandise plans aligned with company goals for sales, turn, and margin. Responsibilities include business analysis, data reporting, preparing seasonal hindsight data, investment review recaps, and assisting with markdowns and promos.

Qualifications

• 0-3 years of experience.
• Strong communication skills.
• Excellent organizational, prioritizing, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work well within a team environment.
• Bachelor’s in finance or business related degree preferred

Responsibilities

• Support planners with data for reporting & recaps on a regular basis.
• Support merchandising team with data & reporting on future marketed products.
• Learn and create assortment plans for upcoming season by store cluster & DTC for select categories.
• Prepare seasonal hindsight data.
• Support planners with preparation of Investment Review financial recaps.
• Support planning to rollup markdowns at the style and sku level monthly

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Organization

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s in finance or business related degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Role Summary

Anthropologie is looking for an Assistant Merchandise Planner who will support the Apparel Planning team with financial reporting and recaps. Develop a clear understanding of Retail Math and support select product categories, ultimately leading to the development of sound merchandise plans that support Company goals for sales, turn and margin.

Role Responsibilities

Business Analysis & Recaps

• Support planners with data for reporting & recaps on a regular basis
• Support merchandising team with data & reporting on future marketed products.

Assortment Planning

• Learn and create assortment plans for upcoming season by store cluster & DTC for select categories.

Finalization / Investment Review

• Prepare seasonal hindsight data.
• Support planners with preparation of Investment Review financial recaps

Markdown & Promo management

• Support planning to rollup markdowns at the style and sku level monthly

Role Qualifications

• 0-3 years of experience.
• Technical skill proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and Power Point
• Strong communication skills
• Excellent organizational, prioritizing, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work well within a team environment.
• Bachelor’s in finance or business related degree preferred

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

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