Job Description

Temporary Omni Purchase Order Assistant

Free People is looking for a Temporary Omni Purchase Order Assistant who will support in driving the Free People business by managing and monitoring daily operational functions within a designated buying category. Offer support to your Buying Team partners to ensure execution of purchase orders and the details around them are complete and on time to grow the Free People brand. The role will be responsible for all our channels: direct, retail, wholesale, marketplaces and international.

Role Responsibilities

• Responsible for entering and revising purchase orders for all channels for specific categories
• Daily entry of purchase orders and purchase order revisions
• Ensure purchase orders feed properly to the ticketing bureaus
• Partner with the Allocation Team on prepack and sizing for retail purchase orders
• Manage purchase order ship to locations, ensuring correct PO splits to our Distribution Centers
• Collaborate with the Allocation and Planning Teams to ensure accurate style distribution across both our domestic and international Distribution Centers
• Help maintain a low out of market shipping rate (shipping West Coast to East Coast and vice versa)
• Communicate with cross functional partners on purchase order changes
• Partner with the Buying Team on purchase order revisions such as quantity, style/color and date changes
• Manage price changes for specific categories
• Key price changes in Island Pacific and Blue Cherry
• Resend purchase orders to ticketing bureaus as needed
• Communicate price changes to cross functional teams
• Have a weekly meeting with Buying partners to ensure timely delivery of purchase orders to our Distribution Centers
• Act as liaison between the Buyer and the Distribution Centers & Accounts Payable (purchase order related issues such as: overages, shortages, receipt discrepancies, etc.)
• Manage style creation in Island Pacific and Blue Cherry
• Responsible for coordinating quality control checks, returning stock to vendors and re-ticketing as needed with the Distribution Centers and Production
• Backorder Management: Manage backordered styles and provide weekly updates to your Planning Operations partner on backordered purchase orders
• Style Maintenance: Responsible for ensuring the correct product is active or restricted based on location and channel

Role Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills
• Very detail-oriented to ensure data is entered correctly
• Strong Time Management skills
• High sense of urgency and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Ability to learn quickly and to retain information. Must be analytical and be able to comprehend how multiple systems interact
• Works well within a team environment and demonstrates strong interpersonal skills
• Experienced in Excel, Word, Outlook
• Experience in Island Pacific, Blue Cherry and or Tradestone is a plus
• Bachelor's Degree preferred but not required

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

EEO Statement

URBN 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. To ensure compliance with our non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies, we offer anti-harassment training to managers and employees.

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