Free People Assistant Buyer - Intimates

Free People; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

PTO

Employee discounts

Retirement savings

Job summary

Free People is seeking an Assistant Buyer to join the Intimates team. You will work with the Buyer to shape a timely, customer-focused product assortment that aims to meet profit targets.

You will support assortment execution, sample management, and vendor collaboration, while maintaining Buy Sheets and weekly product photos for the web. Strong Excel and Office skills are essential for daily reporting and analysis.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of direct retail buying experience.
• Understanding of target customer and how to select appealing products.
• Knowledge of statistical components (IMU, GM, WOS, OTB) and planning basics.
• Professional communication skills (verbal and written).
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage urgent needs with a sense of urgency.

Responsibilities

• Assist in determining the overall product mix for each buying area to meet profit goals and customer needs.
• Provide feedback in styleout and product meetings to guide assortment decisions.
• Collaborate with buyers and vendor partners on product development for key classes.
• Create ad hoc statistical reports and maintain Buy Sheets and Excel reports.
• Capture and manage samples, organize by season, and hand over new product photos weekly.

Skills

Retail buying

Excel

Communication

Tools

Excel

Word

Outlook

Job description

Role Summary

Free People is looking for an Assistant Buyer to join the Intimates team who is responsible for working with the Buyer to create an exciting and timely product assortment that meets or exceeds the sales volume and profits for their department.

Role Responsibilities

Assortment Execution:

• The Assistant Buyer works with the Buyer to determine the overall mix of product for each buying area to ensure that the final mix is ultimately customer oriented and curated to achieve a set profit plan.
• Assistant Buyers should give feedback regularly on the product in all styleout and product related meetings.
• Eagerness to contribute to product development heavy classes by collaborating with buyer and vendor partners

Organizational Support:

• Provide ad hoc statistical reports to Buyers upon request.
• Help to maintain accurate Buy Sheets by class.
• Maintain some excel reports for buyers and planners as needed.
• Take photos of samples when needed and maintain photo logs or libraries of samples.

Sample Management:

• Manage the samples within the Department.
• Obtain samples from vendors for all product meetings and manage the safe return of all samples.
• Ensure that all “kept” samples are neatly organized by classification and by season.
• Regularly clear out old samples and maintain tidy sample area.
• Manage photo handover weekly where new product gets shot for the web.

Communication:

• Speak clearly in all meetings and email correspondence
• Ensure all written documents (including email) are grammatically correct.
• Represent and confidently speak about the UO brand and customer to all outward facing market vendors
• Manage large magnitude of email streams across a diverse vendor database and in turn, be able to communicate and give updates to manager regarding vendor feedback
• Develop collaborative relationships with internal and external colleagues including: planning, creative, DC etc.
• Gain understanding of all roles and responsibilities within the organization and be flexible and cooperative in working with teams to achieve a common goal.

Role Qualifications

• A minimum of 2 years of direct retail buying experience
• Demonstrate an understanding of the target customer and the ability to select the appropriate product/trend that will appeal to the customer and meet their expectations.
• Fundamental understanding of the statistical components of the business (IMU%, MD%, GM%, selloff, WOS, etc.) and the OTB.
• Exhibit a professional communication style (both verbal and written) as shown through strong presentation skills, excellent organizational skills and a high sense of urgency.
• The ability to prioritize tasks in order to balance the immediate and long term needs of the business with a high sense of urgency.
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook) and the ability to learn new computer systems quickly and retain the information.

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.