Buying Coordinator, Women's Footwear

Stitch Fix

82d • $49,000 - $72,000

About The Position

Be a part of our extraordinary Merchandising team and gain coveted experience in buying, merchandising and product development. We're looking for an individual who has a keen eye for style and trends to help support our buying process. As a Buying Coordinator, you will support a buying team over a specific product category/categories by owning purchase order management.

Requirements

• 2+ years of buying and/or merchandising experience
• Proficient with Google Suite (sheets, docs etc)
• Extremely detail oriented and comfortable working with qualitative and quantitative data
• Excellent communication skills and comfortable working with a variety of people from diverse backgrounds
• Naturally curious and excited about learning new things and identifying problems to solve
• Resourceful, take pride in your work and show initiative
• Proven track record of effectively managing multiple priorities, maintaining attention to detail and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment

Nice To Haves

• Footwear experience is a plus
• Eager to travel approximately 6 weeks a year

Responsibilities

• Own all Purchase Order writing and changes to ensure on-time delivery of product to warehouses
• Communicate professionally and efficiently with vendor partners on Purchase Order requests and statuses
• Catalog inventory within internal merchandising database using knowledge of fashion, style and garment construction
• Analyze weekly sample reports, ensure data integrity across all Buying systems and identify business needs/issues for follow up
• Coordinate sample shipping with vendors
• Participate in ongoing competitive shopping across the marketplace and present trend research recaps quarterly
• Work with cross functional partners, build relationships and develop a strong understanding of each function in the Buying, Styling and Planning organizations
• Work with Photo Studio to ensure that all samples have been added into inventory database and photographed for go-live status
• Prep Buying team for milestone meetings, vendor appointments and market travel
• Contribute to ad-hoc projects across Merchandising as the opportunity arises
• Manage new vendor outreach and set up
• Attend in-office meetings in HQ for styleout and seasonal trend meetings

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Annual bonus depending on employee and company performance
• Medical, dental, vision, and other benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees