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

Robust 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

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