Urban Outfitters Senior Allocator

Role Summary

Urban Outfitters is looking for an analytical, collaborative, and strategically minded individual to play a key role in driving our allocation strategies. The Senior Allocator will manage our high-growth business segments, use customer needs and streamlined workflows to maximize sales, margin, in-stock, and sell-thru. As the team's system expert, you will master data flows across multiple platforms, proactively troubleshoot technical issues, and lead training for new and existing talent. Partnering closely with a wide variety of cross-functional teams, you will serve as a prominent "Peer Leader". With regular success in modeling professional standards, translating complex data into actionable insights, and proactively building workflow solutions to support team growth.

 

Role Responsibilities

• Meet or exceed sales, gross margin and inventory turn goals
• Specializes in high-impact or growth categories, utilizing a high-value class load to drive profit growth
• Exhibits deep expertise in customer & store profiling, ensuring that every distribution decision aligns with broader business strategies and customer needs
• Serves as the team expert for all allocation systems (Excel, IP, MID, Qlik, EDW, 09 etc), with a comprehensive understanding of how data flows between them.
• Identifies and resolves allocation pain points and system technicalities before they impact the business
• Confidently present data, insights, and business strategies to leadership, translating complex allocation metrics into actionable business stories
• Acts as the primary driver for collective team growth; identifies knowledge gaps and leads initiatives to elevate the entire department’s performance
• Leads standardized training for new hires to ensure system proficiency and establishing a baseline of technical excellence for all incoming talent.
• Support store needs (inventory/replenishment) as they are communicated from our Store Planning partners.
• Ensure timely and accurate execution of new store openings
• Visit stores on a regular basis to understand site specific opportunities and customer dynamics

Role Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years in Allocation/Planning/BOPS required
• Expert command of retail math concepts and applications
• Highly skilled in statistical analysis
• Strong communication skills
• Excellent organizational, prioritizing, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work well within a team environment

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 www.urbn.com/work-with-us/benefits

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.