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Buyer roles qualify for E-3 visa sponsorship when the position requires a bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, or a related field. The E-3 has no lottery and no annual cap, so Australian procurement professionals can accept U.S. offers and file year-round without competing for limited slots.
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Urban Outfitters is looking for an Assistant Buyer to support the Buying team by planning product purchases, studying fashion trends, managing samples, and reporting accurately. This role helps curate a customer-oriented product mix to achieve business goals and act as a liaison for internal teams and vendors. Additionally, they determine quantities, price points, and product mix to ensure inventory meets customer demand and sales goals.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:
Product Assortment: Support the Buyer in determining the mix of market and private label products using data-backed insights. Assist in utilizing customer feedback and market trends to drive growth and profitability. Help tailor assortments based on regional and demographic differences.
Fashion and Trend Awareness: Stay updated on fashion trends and styles, contributing to product selection with a strong sense of style and good taste. Monitor fashion shows, industry publications, and social media to identify emerging trends and understand cultural and societal shifts influencing fashion.
Sample Management: Manage department samples, including obtaining samples from vendors, organizing them by classification and season, and ensuring their safe return. Maintain a tidy sample area and photo logs of samples. Oversee the weekly handover of new products for merchandising and photography teams.
Data Management & Reporting: Update and maintain assortment sheets to provide real-time information to buying and planning teams. Use Island Pacific software to maintain order accuracy and perform basic analyses, such as style analysis, item performance, and key item flows.
Collaboration: Build trust and professional relationships by communicating effectively with peers, team members, vendors, and cross-functional teams. Attend and participate in cross functional meetings. Partner with the Buying Operations Coordinator to ensure orders are received on time and within budget.
Other Duties: Perform other duties as assigned.
ROLE QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Fashion or merchandising degree or equivalent experience desired.
Experience: 1 years of experience in a clerical or retail role is preferred.
Demographic Knowledge: Demonstrate understanding of the target customer and the ability to select the appropriate product/trend that will appeal to the customer and meet their expectations.
Analytical Understanding: Comfort with use of statistical components of the business (IMU%, MD%, GM%, selloff, WOS, etc.) and the OTB.
Communication: Positive, professional, and timely communication with teams, supporting departments, vendors, and suppliers.
Time Management: Proactively plans and controls time to efficiently deliver team priorities and meet deadlines.
Detail Orientation: Focus on and manage the small details of a task or project to consistently produce high-quality work.
Ownership: Take responsibility for the outcomes of your work and the decisions that lead to those outcomes. Hold yourself accountable.
Inclusivity: Commitment to fostering diversity and inclusion within the workplace.
Key Attributes: Models behaviors that align with URBN’s values:
- Unite in communicating and collaborating with integrity.
- Respect our planet, our world, and each other.
- Build lifestyle brands through creative entrepreneurship.
- Nurture meaningful connections with customers and employees.
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!
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.
ROLE SUMMARY:
Urban Outfitters is looking for an Assistant Buyer to support the Buying team by planning product purchases, studying fashion trends, managing samples, and reporting accurately. This role helps curate a customer-oriented product mix to achieve business goals and act as a liaison for internal teams and vendors. Additionally, they determine quantities, price points, and product mix to ensure inventory meets customer demand and sales goals.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:
Product Assortment: Support the Buyer in determining the mix of market and private label products using data-backed insights. Assist in utilizing customer feedback and market trends to drive growth and profitability. Help tailor assortments based on regional and demographic differences.
Fashion and Trend Awareness: Stay updated on fashion trends and styles, contributing to product selection with a strong sense of style and good taste. Monitor fashion shows, industry publications, and social media to identify emerging trends and understand cultural and societal shifts influencing fashion.
Sample Management: Manage department samples, including obtaining samples from vendors, organizing them by classification and season, and ensuring their safe return. Maintain a tidy sample area and photo logs of samples. Oversee the weekly handover of new products for merchandising and photography teams.
Data Management & Reporting: Update and maintain assortment sheets to provide real-time information to buying and planning teams. Use Island Pacific software to maintain order accuracy and perform basic analyses, such as style analysis, item performance, and key item flows.
Collaboration: Build trust and professional relationships by communicating effectively with peers, team members, vendors, and cross-functional teams. Attend and participate in cross functional meetings. Partner with the Buying Operations Coordinator to ensure orders are received on time and within budget.
Other Duties: Perform other duties as assigned.
ROLE QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Fashion or merchandising degree or equivalent experience desired.
Experience: 1 years of experience in a clerical or retail role is preferred.
Demographic Knowledge: Demonstrate understanding of the target customer and the ability to select the appropriate product/trend that will appeal to the customer and meet their expectations.
Analytical Understanding: Comfort with use of statistical components of the business (IMU%, MD%, GM%, selloff, WOS, etc.) and the OTB.
Communication: Positive, professional, and timely communication with teams, supporting departments, vendors, and suppliers.
Time Management: Proactively plans and controls time to efficiently deliver team priorities and meet deadlines.
Detail Orientation: Focus on and manage the small details of a task or project to consistently produce high-quality work.
Ownership: Take responsibility for the outcomes of your work and the decisions that lead to those outcomes. Hold yourself accountable.
Inclusivity: Commitment to fostering diversity and inclusion within the workplace.
Key Attributes: Models behaviors that align with URBN’s values:
- Unite in communicating and collaborating with integrity.
- Respect our planet, our world, and each other.
- Build lifestyle brands through creative entrepreneurship.
- Nurture meaningful connections with customers and employees.
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!
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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Frame your credentials for U.S. specialty occupation
Your Australian three-year bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, or commerce is accepted as equivalent to a U.S. four-year degree. Make sure your resume explicitly states your degree field so employers can confirm the specialty occupation requirement is met.
Target employers with procurement team infrastructure
Retailers, manufacturers, and logistics companies with dedicated procurement departments are the most likely to sponsor E-3 visa Buyer roles. Companies that already run multi-person buying teams have the HR processes to support a visa filing without treating it as a one-off.
Use Migrate Mate to find sponsoring employers
Search Migrate Mate to identify U.S. companies actively hiring Buyers with E-3 sponsorship. Filtering by visa type saves you from applying to roles where sponsorship was never on the table.
Address the LCA wage requirement early in negotiations
Your employer must file a Labor Condition Application with the DOL certifying your offered wage meets the prevailing wage for the Buyer role in that location. Raise this requirement before signing an offer so both parties understand what the LCA filing commits to.
Get your offer letter aligned before scheduling your consulate appointment
Your offer letter must confirm the role title, start date, and salary before you can book a consulate appointment. Mismatches between the offer letter and your LCA are a common cause of delays at Sydney, Melbourne, or Perth interviews.
Hand off the paperwork to avoid filing errors
The LCA and DS-160 each have requirements that catch first-time filers off guard. Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to handle your LCA and visa paperwork so nothing slips between your employer's HR team and the consulate.
E-3 Visa Buyer: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find Buyer jobs with E-3 visa sponsorship?
Search Migrate Mate to find U.S. Buyer roles at companies that sponsor the E-3 visa. Not every employer advertising a Buyer position has experience with visa sponsorship, so filtering specifically for E-3-ready employers saves time. Migrate Mate surfaces roles where sponsorship is already part of the hiring plan, not an afterthought you have to negotiate.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does a Buyer role qualify as a specialty occupation for the E-3?
Yes, provided the role genuinely requires a bachelor's degree or higher in supply chain management, business, finance, or a related field. Positions where any degree will do, or where the employer would hire someone without a relevant degree, can fail the specialty occupation test at the consulate. Your offer letter and the employer's job description should both specify the degree requirement clearly.
How does the E-3 compare to the H-1B for a Buyer role?
The E-3 is available only to Australian citizens, but it has no lottery and no annual cap, so you can file any time of year and your employer isn't locked into the April H-1B visa registration window. H-1B petitions enter a random lottery with roughly a one-in-four selection rate for most applicants. For an Australian Buyer, the E-3 is a direct path that doesn't depend on chance.
What happens if my employer has never sponsored an E-3 visa before?
The E-3 process is employer-led: your employer files the LCA with the DOL, and you attend the consulate interview. Many companies sponsor E-3 visas for the first time without prior experience because the process is simpler than H-1B. The main risk is an HR team that misfiles the LCA or uses incorrect prevailing wage data, which delays the consulate appointment. Getting dedicated filing support reduces that risk significantly.