Buying Coordinator- Product Development

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 Andrews’ growing in-house product development — stewarding each collection from factory floor to fitting room and translating leadership’s product vision into developed samples, ready-tosell collections, and activated brand stories across all customer touchpoints. This is a development role with a clear growth path; the successful candidate brings a strong product development foundatio Key areas of responsibilities include but are not exclusive to: PRODUCT (primary focus in Year 1) • Maintain tech packs, BOMs, costing, and product specifications • Liaise with end-to-end factory partners on sampling, fit corrections, and bulk production timelines • Manage the product development calendar, ensuring sufficient lead time across sampling, fittings, approvals, and production • Steward incoming samples — receiving, logging, photographing, and presenting for leadership review • Track margins and CPUs against targets; document supplier capabilities, MOQs, and category strengths ACTIVATION (growing share as collections ship) • Support development of seasonal Key Stories for each collection 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 for new collections • Capture customer reactions and selling-floor feedback to inform future product and activation decisions PEOPLE & PROCESS • Serve as the day-to-day point of contact for factory and supplier partners on all product development matters • Coordinate cross-functionally across Marketing, Visual Merchandising, eCommerce, and Store Operations • Execute and continuously improve product development workflows; document SOPs, templates, and supplier 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 of samples, tech packs, and production milestones against the development 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 product development experience in apparel, with offshore sourcing experience preferred • Demonstrated ownership of tech packs, BOMs, costing analysis, and direct factory liaison • Strong project management skills with the ability to track multiple development streams 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 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 systems, 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 • Additional language capability (Mandarin, Italian, French) an asset for offshore coordination

The role involves executing seasonal assortments from order placement to the selling floor while maintaining buy sheets and vendor records. It also requires coordinating cross-functionally to translate leadership's vision into brand activations and in-store presentations.

Candidates need 2-4 years of experience in apparel buying or product development with a strong background in cost analysis and vendor liaison. Proficiency in Microsoft 365 and experience with PLM or workflow tools like Asana is preferred.

• Project managementPreferred

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• Apparel Buying
• Product Development
• Assortment Planning
• Cost And Margin Analysis
• Vendor Management
• Project Management
• Luxury Womenswear
• Brand Activation
• Microsoft 365
• PLM
• Asana
• LLMs
• Retail Systems
• Tech Packs
• Cross-functional Coordination
• Time Management

• Retail
• Marketing
• Management & Leadership
• Logistics
• Creative & Media

Minimum experience

2+ years

Posting language

English

Working hours

40 hours per week