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
- Solid 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

📌 Buying Coordinator- Product Development (Toronto)
🏢 Andrews
📍 Toronto