Senior Fabric Sourcing Lead – Global Mills & Partners

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

Job description

Urban Outfitters is looking for a Sr. Fabric Coordinator. The Sr. Fabric Coordinator will facilitate and execute Design’s vision through sourcing and developing brand appropriate fabrics originating from global markets, as well as supporting brand goals and business initiatives. This individual provides “one-voice” communication to mills and suppliers acting as a liaison between, U.S. home offices, HK fabric office, and global market mills and suppliers, and world-wide manufacturing partners.

Role Responsibilities

• Source, research, and develop fabrics originating from global markets and communicate findings to U.S. home office including actual samples, costing, lead-times and all required FDS information.
• Maintain daily communication with cross functional partners, fabric mills, and garment agents as needed.
• Collaborate between brands, mills, and suppliers to meet calendar deadlines surrounding fabric sourcing and development.
• Develop and maintain relationships with mills and suppliers to ensure successful partnerships.
• Organize and maintain fabric development (WIP) and benchmarking tool.
• Assist in setting up seasonal presentations.
• Coordinate with PD to pull seasonal fabric roll and update price/lead time in the chart.
• Complete development sheets/send outgoing developments following Director’s allocation, cost engineer and/or reallocate, organize and maintain fabric WIP tools.
• Inquire on fabric detail sheets and secure sample yardage for seasonal development.
• Set up and maintain Tradestone (URBN PLM System) fabric folders.
  
  

Role Qualifications

• 3-5 years experience in fabric merchandising or fabric sourcing, with a large US/EU company preferred.
• Has solid knowledge of fabric, costing, machinery and fabric manufacturing.
• Proficient in Excel.
• Prioritize and delegate effectively.
• High sense of urgency, proactive and problem solver.
  
  

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.