Anthropologie Temporary Associate Buyer - Jewelry / Legwear/ Hair

Anthropologie; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company is seeking a Temporary Associate Buyer to focus on Accessories. This role involves supporting daily operations, managing product assortments, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to achieve sales objectives. Ideal candidates will have retail buying experience and strong communication skills.

Benefits

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

PTO

Employee discounts

Retirement savings

Qualifications

• Experience in retail buying or a similar capacity required.
• Strong organization and prioritizing skills necessary.
• Ability to build and maintain productive partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Support daily operations within buying area and develop partnerships.
• Manage product class and prioritize tasks effectively.
• Research and execute product development in the marketplace.

Skills

Communication

Organization

Teamwork

Detail oriented

Creative thinking

Education

Minimum of two years of experience in retail buying

Tools

Excel

Outlook

Powerpoint

Job description

Anthropologie Temporary Associate Buyer - Jewelry / Legwear/ Hair

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Anthropologie is looking for a Temporary Associate Buyer to focus on Accessories. The Temporary Associate Buyer will be working with the buyer and creating an exciting and timely product assortment for the retail and direct 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 buyer on all necessary tasks
• Ownership of buying a product class within the buying area
• The ability to conceptually plan assortments that meet financial objectives
• Delegating and directing the daily activities of the assistants and provide direction to the team
• Prioritizing tasks and balancing the immediate and long term needs of the business
• Researching and executing development of product in the marketplace
• Personnel skills to work well with cross functional partners and team to achieve plans
• Working closely with planning to understand financial indicators to react and drive business
• Working with the buyer to learn to determine the overall mix of market and private label product for each buying area to ensure the final mix is ultimately customer oriented
• Working with buyer to place buys with conviction
• Learning from buying mistakes and applying those learnings to future buys
• Vocalizing opinions proactively in cross functional or larger merchant meetings
• Managing the flow of merchandise
• Entering, updating, managing, tracking, and organizing purchase orders to ensure timely delivery
• Communicating late deliveries to the buying team
• Setting up new vendors and send them routing guides and pre-ticketing information
• 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 web to be reshot to drive sales
  
  

Role Qualifications

• Minimum of two years of experience in retail buying or a similar capacity
• Ability to build and maintain productive partnerships and demonstrate strong listening, oral, and written communication skills
• Strong organization and prioritizing skills
• Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities
• Detail oriented
• Creative thinker
• Team player
• Proficient in Excel, Outlook, and Powerpoint
  
  

Location: Philadelphia, PA

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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

URBN 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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Temporary

Job function

• Job function

  Purchasing and Supply Chain

• Industries

  Retail, Retail Apparel and Fashion, and Consumer Services

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