Buying Coordinator

Summary

Join Stitch Fix's Merchandising team as a Buying Coordinator and gain valuable experience in buying, merchandising, and product development. You will support a buying team by managing purchase orders, overseeing the sample process, and collaborating with vendors. This role requires strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite. You will analyze data, conduct market research, and work with cross-functional teams. Stitch Fix offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including health insurance and an annual cash award.

Requirements

• Have prior work or internship experience and are passionate about applying your skills and knowledge to a career in Buying and/or Merchandising
• Be systems savvy, especially proficient with Microsoft Office (Excel, Powerpoint), and have a knack for learning new systems quickly
• Be extremely detail oriented and comfortable working with qualitative and quantitative data
• Possess excellent communication skills and are comfortable working with a variety of people from diverse backgrounds
• Be naturally curious, excited about learning new things and identifying problems to solve
• Be resourceful, take pride in your work and show initiative
• Be Bright, Kind and Motivated by Challenge

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
• Manage HQ sample closets for owned categories
• Analyze weekly sample reports, ensure data integrity across all Buying systems and identify business needs/issues for follow up
• 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

Benefits

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