Anthropologie Weddings · 1 month ago
Free People Assistant Buyer
US-PA-Philadelphia
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry LevelAnthropologie Weddings is seeking an Assistant Buyer to work closely with the Buyer in creating an appealing product assortment that drives sales and profits. The role involves assortment execution, organizational support, sample management, and effective communication with vendors and internal teams.
E-CommerceFashionRetailWedding
Responsibilities
The Assistant Buyer works with the Buyer to determine the overall mix of product for each buying area to ensure that the final mix is ultimately customer oriented and curated to achieve a set profit plan
Assistant Buyers should give feedback regularly on the product in all styleout and product related meetings
Eagerness to contribute to product development heavy classes by collaborating with buyer and vendor partners
Provide ad hoc statistical reports to Buyers upon request
Help to maintain accurate Buy Sheets by class
Maintain some excel reports for buyers and planners as needed
Take photos of samples when needed and maintain photo logs or libraries of samples
Manage the samples within the Department
Obtain samples from vendors for all product meetings and manage the safe return of all samples
Ensure that all “kept” samples are neatly organized by classification and by season
Regularly clear out old samples and maintain tidy sample area
Manage photo handover weekly where new product gets shot for the web
Speak clearly in all meetings and email correspondence
Ensure all written documents (including email) are grammatically correct
Represent and confidently speak about the UO brand and customer to all outward facing market vendors
Manage large magnitude of email streams across a diverse vendor database and in turn, be able to communicate and give updates to manager regarding vendor feedback
Develop collaborative relationships with internal and external colleagues including: planning, creative, DC etc
Gain understanding of all roles and responsibilities within the organization and be flexible and cooperative in working with teams to achieve a common goal
Demonstrate an understanding of the target customer and the ability to select the appropriate product/trend that will appeal to the customer and meet their expectations
Fundamental understanding of the statistical components of the business (IMU%, MD%, GM%, selloff, WOS, etc.) and the OTB
Exhibit a professional communication style (both verbal and written) as shown through strong presentation skills, excellent organizational skills and a high sense of urgency
The ability to prioritize tasks in order to balance the immediate and long term needs of the business with a high sense of urgency
Experience with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook) and the ability to learn new computer systems quickly and retain the information
Qualification
Required
Eagerness to contribute to product development heavy classes by collaborating with buyer and vendor partners
Provide ad hoc statistical reports to Buyers upon request
Help to maintain accurate Buy Sheets by class
Maintain some excel reports for buyers and planners as needed
Take photos of samples when needed and maintain photo logs or libraries of samples
Manage the samples within the Department
Obtain samples from vendors for all product meetings and manage the safe return of all samples
Ensure that all 'kept' samples are neatly organized by classification and by season
Regularly clear out old samples and maintain tidy sample area
Manage photo handover weekly where new product gets shot for the web
Speak clearly in all meetings and email correspondence
Ensure all written documents (including email) are grammatically correct
Represent and confidently speak about the UO brand and customer to all outward facing market vendors
Manage large magnitude of email streams across a diverse vendor database and in turn, be able to communicate and give updates to manager regarding vendor feedback
Develop collaborative relationships with internal and external colleagues including: planning, creative, DC etc
Gain understanding of all roles and responsibilities within the organization and be flexible and cooperative in working with teams to achieve a common goal
Demonstrate an understanding of the target customer and the ability to select the appropriate product/trend that will appeal to the customer and meet their expectations
Fundamental understanding of the statistical components of the business (IMU%, MD%, GM%, selloff, WOS, etc.) and the OTB
Exhibit a professional communication style (both verbal and written) as shown through strong presentation skills, excellent organizational skills and a high sense of urgency
The ability to prioritize tasks in order to balance the immediate and long term needs of the business with a high sense of urgency
Experience with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook) and the ability to learn new computer systems quickly and retain the information
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
PTO
Generous employee discounts
Retirement savings
Much more
Company
Anthropologie Weddings
A wedding destination, exclusively from Anthropologie Anthropologie Weddings is a destination for the bride in search of uniquely beautiful ways to celebrate a uniquely beautiful love story.
Founded in 2011
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase