NATURE OF ROLE
A junior but critical coordination role working under the direct guidance of the CEO/President
(Merchant) and Vice President & COO. The Coordinator is the day-to-day execution partner for
the Buying Team — supporting each seasonal assortment from order placement to selling floor
and translating leadership’s vision into seasonal stories, on-floor execution, and activated brand
moments across all customer touchpoints.
This is a development role with a clear growth path; the successful candidate brings a strong
foundation in buying, assortment, or product development, and learns luxury womenswear, the
Andrews customer, and brand activation on the job.
Key areas of responsibilities include but are not exclusive to:
BUYING & PRODUCT
- Maintain assortment plans, buy sheets, product information, and vendor records
- Coordinate with vendor and supplier partners on order milestones, sample and fitting
reviews, and delivery timelines
- Manage the seasonal buy calendar, ensuring sufficient lead time across order
confirmation, review, and delivery
- Steward incoming product — receiving, logging, photographing, and presenting for
leadership review
- Track landed cost and margin against targets; document vendor and supplier capabilities,
lead times, and category strengths
ACTIVATION (growing share as assortments ship)
- Support development of seasonal Key Stories and channel them through digital and
physical activation
- Partner with Marketing, Visual Merchandising, eCommerce, and Store teams on launch
activations, content, and in-store presentation
- Support trunk shows, launch events, and experiential activations
- Capture customer reactions and selling-floor feedback to inform future buying, product,
and activation decisions
PEOPLE & PROCESS
- Serve as the day-to-day point of contact for vendor and supplier partners on assortment
matters
- Coordinate cross-functionally across Marketing, Visual Merchandising, eCommerce, and
Store Operations
- Execute and continuously improve buying and product workflows; document SOPs,
templates, and vendor files as the process matures
- Participate in customer-facing events as a representative of the Buying Team, gathering
direct feedback
PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT
- On-time delivery against the seasonal buy calendar
- Margin and cost adherence against targets set by the CEO/President
- Quality of cross-functional coordination as reported by internal partners
- Demonstrated growth in luxury womenswear knowledge, Andrews customer fluency, and
activation capability over the first 12 months
COMPETENCIES, TECHNICAL SKILLS AND
EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE
- c. 2–4 years of experience in apparel buying, assortment, or product development
- Demonstrated ownership of buy sheets and cost/margin analysis, or tech packs, BOMs,
and costing analysis
- Direct vendor, supplier, or factory liaison experience
- Strong project management skills with the ability to track multiple workstreams in parallel
- Exceptional attention to detail, organization, and time management
- Comfort taking instruction at every juncture — this is a development role for someone who
wants to grow into broader buying, product, and activation leadership
- Willingness to learn luxury womenswear, Andrews customer personas, and the full
activation discipline on the job
- Genuine interest in strategic marketing and brand activation; academic or applied
exposure is an asset
Digital literacy:
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365 Suite (PowerPoint, Excel, Word — advanced)
- Experience with PLM, retail/buying systems, or tech pack tools, and workflow tools such
as Asana (preferred)
- Experience with LLMs (e.g. Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini) preferred — Andrews is AI-first
with human in the loop
