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URBN (Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People & Nuuly) · 3 months ago

Anthropologie Category Manager Sweaters

Philadelphia, PA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

URBN is a company that encompasses brands like Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People, and Nuuly. They are seeking a Category Manager for Sweaters who will lead the development and management of pre-production processes and production workflows while collaborating with various stakeholders. The role involves managing sourcing strategies, product development, and team development to ensure effective operations and alignment with brand goals.

ApparelFashionLifestyleWeb Design

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Manage brand initiatives and goals

Create and manage monthly forecast by factory, and annual mill strategy by provided operations calendar deadlines measured by monthly book to date reconciliation

Control final allocations

Develop and maintain relationships with vendors to ensure successful business partnerships

Analyze industry trends to proactively identify supply base issues to reduce cost, minimize risk, protect continuity of supply, and exploit emerging opportunities that benefit the brand

Book fabrics and manage deliveries, and liabilities. Reviewed at quarterly mill review

Initiate and book early fabric commitments

Collaborate between stakeholders to create calendar and meet deadlines as measured by seasonal calendar actualization report

Outline and communicate brand and category strategy based on Trend meeting

Improve adoption rates over specific time period and hit approved line plan style count measured by seasonal line plan actualization

Manage commitments and order placements

Calculate and manage rolling and final IMUs at order placement for variance IMU analysis

Strategize brand business opportunities including freight modes for distribution center receipt, flow, and margin opportunity

Manage product development and production process for merchant direct product

Provide IMU targets and guidance to team to negotiate final costing with vendors ensuring margins are met or exceeded

Assess and develop staff. Build the appropriate team to ensure effective day to day management of each business group and accurate and readily available records and reports

Coach staff to generate creative solutions

Ability to lead change, and coach team to respond to a rapidly changing business environment

Facilitate corporate initiative of global work shift to support international expansion

Coordinate and facilitate team to deliver aesthetically correct samples that meet Design’s vision and the Merchant’s requirements

Facilitate team to maintain and manage the pre-production time and action and production work-in-process

Qualification

Leadership experienceVendor evaluationOperational efficienciesTeam developmentProblem solvingDeadline drivenAdaptabilityCollaboration

Required

Significant leadership experience managing large teams working in a fast paced environment

Experience traveling overseas to evaluate vendors and to determine areas of improvement

Supervise subordinates' responsibilities to ensure accomplishment of department goals and deadlines

Promote the development of subordinates through supervision and training

Pro-actively approach problem solving

Implement operational efficiencies

Adapt quickly to changes

Driven by deadlines with a high sense of urgency

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision

PTO

Generous employee discounts

Retirement savings

Much more

Company

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

URBN Urban Outfitters, Inc.

Founded in 1970

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

10001+ employees

http://urbn.com

H1B Sponsorship

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