Anthropologie Temporary Merchandise Assistant - Jewelry

URBN (Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People & Nuuly); Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

PTO

Employee discounts

Retirement savings

Job summary

Anthropologie is seeking a Temporary Merchandise Assistant to support daily operations in your designated buying area and assist the merchandise flow. You will collaborate with the market, distribution center, planning, website merchandising, and brand teams to learn and develop cross-functional relationships.

This role involves product maintenance, PO processing, vendor coordination, and ensuring timely web updates and accurate product details across systems.

Qualifications

• Must exhibit strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Detail oriented and organized in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to understand customer wants and needs to identify appropriate products/trends.
• Ability to prioritize projects and handle multiple tasks with a proactive mindset.
• Demonstrates creative thinking and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Undertake actions to ensure merchandise live on the website in a timely fashion.
• Open sample purchase orders, review with buyer, take measurements, and pass to the appropriate team.
• Coordinate with vendors to obtain missing samples or samples from the distribution center as needed.
• Provide brand creative/styling with samples of relevant styles on request.
• Update STEP with product information for brand creative/web producer team.
• Review Received Not Activated styles weekly and flag issues.
• Ensure accuracy of copy and on-site style details; alert team if corrections are needed.
• Partner with buying operations to ensure timely delivery of merchandise through clear communication.

Skills

Strong communication

Interpersonal skills

Detail orientation

Fast-paced environment

Customer-centric

Multitasking

Creative thinking

Problem solving

Job description

Anthropologie is looking for a Temporary 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.