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Acting as the critical connection between Buying, Planning, Allocation, Visual, Marketing, and Store Teams, this role ensures the right product, in the right color, style, and quantity, is presented in stores\nThe Merchandiser combines a strong understanding of the customer, product, brand, and business performance to develop seasonal concepts, curate store assortments, communicate visual direction, and continuously optimize the store experience.\nRole Responsibilities\nPartnering with Buying, Planning & Allocation• Serve as the primary merchandising partner to Buying, Planning, and Allocation, connecting product strategies to store execution.• Partner with Buyers to understand key buys, seasonal priorities, product stories, and business objectives.• Work closely with Planning and Allocation to understand inventory, sales performance, store capacity, and assortment needs.• Participate in monthly buy and assortment review meetings to understand upcoming product and determine 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opportunities.• Maintain a consistent point of view across stores while considering differences in store size, customer, and assortment.\nVisual Direction• Create and communicate monthly merchandising direction for internal Home Office partners and Store Teams.• Establish clear visual direction around product placement, styling, color, outfitting, and key stories.• Review upcoming assortments to ensure the right combination of styles, colors, categories, and key items is represented.• Evaluate the effectiveness of visual strategies and adjust direction based on business performance.• Ensure all merchandising direction supports the overall brand aesthetic.\nStore Communication & Field Partnership• Own the monthly communication of merchandising updates to Store Teams.• Translate Home Office strategies into clear, concise, and actionable direction for the field.• Communicate upcoming initiatives, product priorities, merchandising changes, and execution expectations.• Partner consistently with Field Teams to understand store feedback and identify opportunities for improvement.• Serve as a key Home Office resource for stores, helping teams understand the “why” behind merchandising direction.• Partner with Store Allocation to ensure Store Teams feel supported and have the tools and product necessary for successful execution.\nMarketing, Signage & Editorial Coordination• Partner with Graphic Design and Marketing to coordinate in-store signage, marketing materials, and editorial needs.• Manage timelines to ensure marketing materials are ordered, produced, and delivered to stores on time.• Ensure signage and marketing support the overall merchandising strategy and seasonal storytelling.• Partner with the Direct team ahead of new editorial deliveries to coordinate key retail looks and product stories for photography.• Identify priority products and outfitting opportunities that should be represented in editorial and marketing content.\nBusiness & Performance Analysis• Review weekly sales and business performance to understand how product and merchandising strategies are performing.• Monitor key categories, products, colors, and presentations to identify opportunities and challenges.• Use business insights to make informed merchandising decisions and recommendations.• Identify underperforming product and partner with Buying, Planning, and Allocation to develop appropriate strategies.• Pivot store merchandising direction based on sales performance, inventory levels, customer response, and business needs.• Connect business results back to future merchandising concepts and assortment decisions.• Balance creative vision with a strong understanding of the financial and commercial impact of merchandising decisions.\nBrand Consistency• Ensure product presentation, styling, color stories, signage, and visual communication reflect the brand’s overall identity.• Ensure Home Office teams and Store Teams are aligned on the brand’s seasonal vision and execution standards.• Continuously look for opportunities to elevate the presentation of the brand and strengthen the customer experience.\nThe Home Office Merchandiser works closely with:• Buying• Planning• Allocation• Visual Merchandising• Marketing• Graphic Design• Direct / Editorial• Field Leadership• Store Teams• Store Operations\nRole Qualifications\n3+ years of experience in merchandising, visual merchandising, buying, planning, or a related retail discipline.\n\nStrong understanding of retail merchandising principles, product assortment, and store presentation.\n\nAbility to interpret sales and inventory data and translate insights into actionable merchandising strategies.\n\nStrong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple seasonal and monthly initiatives simultaneously.\n\nExcellent communication and presentation skills.\n\nStrong eye for product, styling, color, and brand presentation.\n\nAbility to work effectively across multiple departments 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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\nEEO Statement\nURBN celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression), religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. We believe strongly in fostering a safe, fair and respectful work environment. 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