Urban Outfitters Buyer, Womenswear Brands (12 Month FTC)

About Us

Urban Outfitters started out as a single boutique in 1970s Philadelphia with creativity and uniqueness at its core. 50 years on, and over 60 stores across Europe later, we’ve become a destination for emerging design, unexpected styling, One-Of-A-Kind vintage and homeware that makes you want to hit the share button.

We speak to a social community of over 10 million forward-thinking individuals, bringing together a nostalgia for the past with an enthusiasm to shape the future. The UO community are culturally aware, they shape the music scene, they live a digitally native life and they wear style trends before anyone else. At our core, we empower our customers and staff to express themselves, unapologetically, living life in a way that's truly authentic to them.

We are always excited to bring new talent into the room, especially if you share our values:

• Progressive — we move with the mood
• Creative — we champion limitless minds
• Inclusive — we open our platforms to all communities
• Responsible — we work to reduce our impact on the environment
• Compassionate — we care for each other beyond the 9 to 5

Sound like you, why not join us?

Role Summary

As a Buyer for the Womenswear Branded department at Urban Outfitters, you’ll play a key role in shaping the brand’s collection and keeping it fresh, on-trend, and aligned with what our customers love. You’ll be responsible for choosing the right products, managing inventory, and making sure we’re offering a mix of products that sell well and reflect the Urban Outfitters aesthetic. You'll use your market knowledge, data insights, and vendor relationships to stay ahead of the curve and keep the collection exciting.

What You'll Be Doing

• Create a market leading branded edit, delivered from concept to customer both online and across retail doors.
• Create balanced initiatives encompassing trend, relevance to the urban customer, quality, value, and key volume as well as exclusive projects, emerging initiatives, and global partnerships.
• Collaborate across functions to ensure complete delivery of concept to customer. Liaise with PR, Marketing, Web, Visual Merchandising and Retail Operations teams to ensure that brand launches are launched timely, sales are maximized, and the department reaches its full potential.
• Build and maintain excellent brand relationships, identify demand in brands and trends and develop new relationships to support.
• In-depth knowledge of the women’s branded and own buy market and strong point of view on current and upcoming trends.
• Strong product development skills, ability to balance multiple short and long lead projects within the critical path.
• Strong ability to trade and deliver in-season, managing inventory as well as longer lead strategic initiatives.
• Negotiate the best possible terms with suppliers i.e. margin, minimum guarantees, contracts, marketing budgets and exclusivity whilst reducing markdown.
• Present and drive strategy, ideas and concepts to senior management, in line with business goals.
• Provide leadership to employees and to peers and foster an open environment of continual training and development.
• Manage KPI’s and Open to Buy (OTB) plan, knowing when to change the OTB based on business needs.
• Lead and deliver departmental sustainability goals.
• Represent the brand with integrity and authority, being a true brand ambassador for the business.