Anthropologie Temporary Merchandise Assistant - Jackets

URBN (Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People & Nuuly); Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

PTO

Generous employee discounts

Retirement savings

Job summary

URBN (Anthropologie) is seeking a Merchandise Assistant to support daily operational functions in Philadelphia. The role involves managing merchandise flow, assisting buyers, and providing effective communication between vendors and team members.

Qualified candidates will demonstrate strong communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. Perks include medical benefits, PTO, and employee discounts.

Qualifications

• Must exhibit strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Detail oriented.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced work environment.
• Ability to prioritize projects and handle multiple tasks.
• Must demonstrate creative thinking and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Support daily operational functions within the buying area.
• Maintain product information and manage order processes.
• Act as a liaison between vendors and buyers for logistics.
• Assist in assortment management and sample handling.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Detail oriented

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Creative thinking

Job description

Anthropologie is looking for a Merchandise Assistant (MA), to support the daily operational functions within your designated buying area; support the buying team in managing the overall merchandise flow and any other necessary administrative tasks. You will also learn to develop key cross functional relationships with both the market and internal partners: distribution center, planning, buying operations, website merchandising, brand creative and photo studio team.

Role Responsibilities

Product Maintenance

• Undertake necessary actions to ensure styles are live on the website in a timely fashion
• Open all sample purchase orders, review with buyer, take measurements and pass to appropriate team
• Work with vendors to request any missing samples or request samples from the distribution center as needed
• Provide brand creative/styling team with samples of relative styles at their request
• Update STEP with necessary product information for brand creative/web producer team
• Review styles that are Received Not Activated on a weekly basis
• Ensure copy and details of styles on site are correct and alert team if corrections are necessary
• Partner with buying operations to ensure timely delivery of merchandise through consistent communication

Communication

• Answer all emails promptly and in an organized fashion
• Act as liaison between the vendor and the buyer
• Answer various inquiries, especially related to shipping, logistics or payment while understanding trade terms and process
• Alert buyers to any costing or timing ramifications pertaining to orders
• Help to provide vendor reporting as requested
• Act as the point person for DC questions regarding orders (ex. overages/shortages, QC, priorities, etc.)
• Share upcoming product with creative and merchandising team
• Assist with pulling reporting and preparing for meetings such as business review and hindsight
• Participate in seasonal trend round ups and share relevant adds for the assortment

Assortment Management

• Assist with adding product information to TXT
• Assist and communicate with buying operations on issuing and revising purchase orders
• Reconcile attributes weekly and ensure everything is coded correctly
• Assist with updating care labels for OB product in Tradestone
• Pull picture packs for meetings and as requested
• Manage samples by receiving, reviewing and returning to the vendor
• Assist with own brand assortment by sending purchase order requests

Role Qualifications

• Must exhibit strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Detail oriented.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced work environment.
• An understanding of the customer's wants and needs and the ability to identify the appropriate product/trend that will appeal to the customer and meet their
• Ability to prioritize projects and handle multiple tasks; exhibits a high sense of
• Must demonstrate creative thinking; is proactive and can problem solve.

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.