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

Urban Outfitters Senior Buyer - Men's Wovens

URBN (Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People & Nuuly) • $100K — $120K *
Philadelphia, PA 19120In-Person
Retail & Consumer Goods
8 - 10 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 9+ years in a high-volume buying role, with private label experience preferred.
  • Degree in Fashion, Merchandising, or equivalent industry experience.
  • Proficient in retail metrics like IMU%, MD%, GM%, WOS, OTB, etc.
  • In-depth understanding of target customer demographics and trends.
  • Proven leadership abilities, inspiring cross-functional collaboration and mentorship.

Responsibilities

  • Craft a unique product mix using customer insights and market trends.
  • Own the key item strategy to enhance sales and brand positioning.
  • Stay ahead of youth culture trends and convert insights into actionable products.
  • Manage Open to Buy processes to maximize profitability and optimize inventory.
  • Utilize data analytics to guide decisions and mentor the team on insights.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Generous paid time off (PTO).
  • Employee discounts on products.
  • Retirement savings options.
  • Additional perks and benefits to support employee well-being.
Full Job Description
Role Summary

Urban Outfitters is looking for a Senior Buyer in Men's Wovens. You will be the architect of a customer-obsessed product mix that is bold, ahead of the curve, and commercially explosive.

If your decade of experience is backed by a relentless focus on data and a genuine, infectious passion for youth culture, it's time to drive a retail resurgence. This is your platform. Join us, and let's shape what's next-together!

Role Responsibilities

Visionary Assortment Strategy
  • Architect the Mix: Create a balanced, brand-defining assortment by translating raw customer feedback, macro trends, and deep dives into the market.
  • Drive Key Item & Core Strength: You own the key item strategy, especially for viral fits and core blocks, to drive max sales and profit. Crush our core business while constantly dropping fashion newness, testing new silhouettes, and leading strategic online expansion to snatch up those web-exclusive wins.

Cultural and Trend Forecasting
  • Be the Pulse of Youth Culture: You need to be obsessed with fashion, style, and cultural movements. Watch the shows, read everything, and own the social conversation to stay at the cutting edge of Men's Apparel micro-trends
  • Translate Trends into Action: Spot emerging trends before they blow up and instantly turn that insight into actionable, relevant product opportunities that define the season.

Strategic Financial Leadership
  • Own the Business: Proactively manage the Open to Buy (OTB) and use real-time trends to execute timely reorders, cancellations, and markdown strategies to maximize that sweet profitability.
  • Data-Driven Decisions: Be a data champion. Analyze velocity, attributes, returns (with a focus on fit!), and markdowns to constantly optimize the assortment and mentor your team on using insights-not just gut feelings-to drive growth.

Other Details:
  • Work Location: Its always sunny in Philadelphia! You'll work at our beautiful 10 acre waterfront campus 5 days a week
  • Reports to: DMM
  • Manages: Assistant Buyers, Associate Buyers, and/or Buyers

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Role Qualifications

What You Bring
  • Experience: 9+ years in a fast-paced buying role, with major experience in a high-volume category. Bonus points if you've scaled a private label line.
  • Education: A degree in Fashion, Merchandising, or the street smarts equivalent that shows you understand the industry inside and out.
  • Analytical Power: You've got full command of retail stats (IMU%, MD%, GM%, WOS, OTB, etc.) and can turn complex data into a crystal-clear business strategy.
  • Cultural Fluency: A deep, demonstrated understanding of the target customer. Every product decision is a deliberate step to meet, and blow past, their expectations.
  • Leadership & Influence: You build trust, inspire your cross-functional partners (Design, Planning, Production, Sourcing), and can communicate complex strategy to leadership without blinking. You're a mentor who develops junior talent and fosters a customer-centric, trend-responsive team culture.


If you are ready to apply your experience to one of the most exciting transformations in retail, come hang. Let's build the future of youth culture together!

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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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