URBN (Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People & Nuuly)

Free People Merchandise Planner

URBN (Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People & Nuuly) • $80K — $95K *
Philadelphia, PA 19120In-Person
Retail & Consumer Goods
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in a Planning or Allocation Analysis role
  • Strong financial and analytical skills
  • Results oriented
  • Creative problem solver with innovative thinking
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to work effectively in teams
  • Strong Excel skills

Responsibilities

  • Ensure departmental success by exceeding sales, gross margin, and inventory turn
  • Partner with merchants to analyze weekly sales of current styles
  • Collaborate with the planning and merchant team to spot business opportunities
  • Manage receipts and inventory collaboratively with buyers and managers
  • Maximize sales through key item programs
  • Communicate and report on important trends and initiatives
  • Leverage Open To Buy (OTB) for business growth
  • Understand store-level strategies with the allocation team
  • Translate market trends and merchant directives into profitable strategies

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Paid time off (PTO)
  • Generous employee discounts
  • Retirement savings plans
  • Additional benefits subject to location and employment status
Full Job Description
Role Summary

Free People is looking for a Merchandise Planner who will maximize sales and profit by developing sound merchandise plans for one or more departments that support the company's goals for sales, turn, and margin.

Role Responsibilities

  • Ensuring the success of one or more departments by meeting or exceeding sales, gross margin, and inventory turn
  • Partnering with the merchants to monitor and evaluate sales of current styles on a weekly basis
  • Collaborating with planning and merchant team to identify any business opportunities
  • Partnering with the buyer and planning manager to effectively manage receipts and inventory
  • Maximizing opportunities thru key item programs
  • Clearly communicating and providing reporting and analysis to highlight important trends and/or support key initiatives
  • Utilizing the OTB to drive business
  • Partnering with allocation to understand store level strategies
  • Building strong partnerships thru constant communication and collaboration with merchant team
  • Taking trend and merchant direction and interpreting it into a profitable strategy


Role Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in a Planning or Allocation Analysis role
  • Strong financial and analytical skills
  • Results oriented
  • Creative problem solver/ "outside the box" thinker
  • Strong communication skills
  • Works well in teams
  • Strong excel skills


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

About URBN (Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People & Nuuly)

URBN is a portfolio of global consumer brands comprised of Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People, BHLDN, Terrain, Nuuly and Menus & Venues. Urban Outfitters, Inc. is a lifestyle specialty retail company that operates under the Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Free People, BHLDN, Terrain, Nuuly and Menus & Venues brands. The company's Urban Outfitters brand offers women's and men's fashion apparel, footwear, beauty and accessories, activewear and gear, and housewares, as well as music, primarily vinyl records and cassettes. The Anthropologie Group brand sells women's apparel, accessories, intimates, home decor, and gifts. The Free People brand includes bohemian apparel, accessories, intimates, and swimwear. The BHLDN brand offers wedding collections. The Terrain brand sells home goods, gifts, and garden products. The Nuuly brand is a subscription-based rental service for women's apparel. The Menus & Venues brand is a hospitality group that operates restaurants and catering.
Learn more about URBN (Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People & Nuuly)
Size
25,000 employees
Industry
Retail & Consumer Goods
Net Income
$282 million
Founded
1970
5 Year Trend
+5%
Revenue
$4 billion
NASDAQ
URBN
* Ladders Estimates

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