Divisional Merchandise Manager – Accessories

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

Free People Divisional Merchandise Manager directing accessories strategy, buying, sourcing, and in-store merchandising. Growing sales and profitability for URBN’s fashion retail business.

Posted 8/21/2026full-timePhiladelphia • Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong financial acumen and strategic planning capabilities to drive sales and profitability in managed merchandise categories. Excels in collaboration with cross-functional teams to create unique products and optimize market positioning.

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Sales Growth StrategyCategory ManagementTrend AnalysisFinancial AcumenTeam Leadership

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Hard Skills

MerchandisingProduct DevelopmentSourcing StrategiesAssortment PlanningMarket Analysis

Soft Skills

Creative ThinkingCoaching and MentoringCommunication SkillsCollaborative Relationship BuildingEntrepreneurial Spirit

Industry Keywords

Private-Label ProductsMarket TrendsCustomer ExperiencePromotional PlanningFashion Intuition

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Grow sales volume and profit for managed merchandise categories
Influence buyers to translate customer, competitive, and fashion information into category growth and increased profitability
Ensure quality of team-generated work and coordinate internal talent and external partnerships to create unique products
Use fashion intuition to direct merchandising of product categories
Strategize annual sales and profit growth for managed categories
Communicate category growth potential to the President and Planning Director
Drive bottoms-up planning by prioritizing and allocating budgets across product categories
Provide category-specific direction to buyers and review detailed assortment plans
Ensure correct driver distortions for seasonal fashion positioning
Bring customer and market perspective to design and ensure commercially viable line recommendations
Maintain collaborative relationships with design and production leadership regarding market trends
Coordinate information for production planning
Develop and monitor sourcing and production strategies for private-label and market vendors
Identify marketing and promotional opportunities and contribute to marketing, packaging, and promotional plans
Collaborate with Marketing, Art, and Creative teams to create product narratives and drive store and online traffic
Determine the mix of market and private-label products for each buying area
Determine in-store product placement and priority positioning
Align with Creative and communicate priorities to the field
Conduct seasonal overviews, regular store visits, and weekly operations meetings
Analyze business information and develop in-season recommendations
Increase sales, improve margins, optimize inventories, and decrease markdowns
Coach and mentor buyers on market resources, margins, product timeliness, vendor development, assortment refreshes, and trend changes
Provide regular performance feedback and annual evaluations to buyers

Requirements

What you’ll need

Entrepreneurial in spirit; thinks and acts like an owner
Ability to recognize new trends, items, looks, and products early in their lifecycle
Ability to understand the magnitude of an opportunity and translate that insight into an assortment and buy
Creative thinking in recognizing and managing changing paradigms
Understanding of the Anthropologie customer and shopping experience
Ability to identify, gather, and assimilate customer-specific information
Ability to transition from strategic conceptual planning to execution
Financial acumen and ability to manipulate numbers
Ability to develop and communicate a business vision that translates into bottom-line performance
Ability to delegate and direct buyers' daily activities
Personnel skills to lead, develop, and coach people
Ability to develop partnerships with other functional heads
Ability to collect, assimilate, analyze, package, and present information to the President for informed decision-making and measurable action

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Paid time off (PTO)
Generous employee discounts
Retirement savings
Anti-harassment training for managers and employees