Corporate Retail Coordinator, A&F Co. (2024)

Company Description

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Job Description

Are you interested in exploring career opportunities in retail with our company but aren’t quite sure where to start? Here at Abercrombie & Fitch Co., we are looking for curious, hardworking and passionate associates to join various teams across our product-facing business functions as well as areas that are not so product focused. Ranging from highly creative to analytically savvy and everywhere in-between, the Coordinators on our teams provide entry-level support while gaining exposure to some of our key business driving teams and processes. By beginning your A&F career journey as one of our Corporate Retail Coordinators, you’ll be able to learn more about what it takes to work in different roles across our business and discover what the best long-term role fit could be for you. Chat with us to learn which opportunity best suits your interests and experience! 

This job is located at our Global Home Office in Columbus, Ohio.

What Will You Be Doing?

Entry-level opportunities may be available on the following teams:

• SOURCING & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: Owning the production process, and working directly with our global vendor base to develop our product from initial design through final delivery. Highly organized and strategic, the Sourcing teams foster strong relationships with our vendors and factories while collaborating with teams at the Home Office to ensure the timely delivery of high quality, profitable goods. Responsibilities include managing the Retail Merchandising System (RMS) for commitment/purchase order issuance and maintenance, communicating with external vendors, ordering and tracking incoming samples (requested by PR and Marketing), maintaining accurate production charts and tools that are consistent with the RMS system and communicating and managing any production related issues or opportunities with relevant internal teams.

• PLANNING & INVENTORY MANAGEMENT (DEPLOYMENT): Providing regular data entry support to the Inventory Management and Planning department including: managing store presentations, setting up inventory work streams, and pulling reporting to identify inventory and plan inefficiencies. Execute to Merchandise Planner partners prioritization of flow of product considering inventory constraints. Support and execute to testing strategies, category specific initiatives and ad-hoc analysis.

What Do You Need To Bring?

• Bachelor’s Degree or related experience
• Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA
• Effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Passion for the A&F Co. Brands
• Strong organizational skills with high attention to detail and accuracy
• Willingness to be flexible to changing demands and respond to feedback
• A strong desire for adventure & curiosity
• Ability to adapt and work in a fast-paced, structured environment
• A collaborative approach to working with cross-functional partners to achieve the vision of the brands
• Desire to learn & hunger for more!

Our Company

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (A&F Co.) is a global retailer of five iconic, omnichannel lifestyle brands catering to the kid through millennial customer: Abercrombie & Fitch, abercrombie kids, Hollister, Gilly Hicks and Social Tourist. At A&F Co., we’re here for our associates, customers and communities on the journey to being and becoming who they are – and because no journey is the same, we strive to create an inclusive culture, where everyone is free to share ideas. 

Our Values

We lead with purpose and always put our people first, which is evidenced by our Great Place to Work™ Certification, as well as being a 2021 recipient of Fortune’s Best Workplaces in Retail, and named a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality by the Human Rights Campaign for 16 consecutive years. We’re proud to offer equitable compensation and benefits, including flexibility and competitive Paid Time Off, as well as education and engagement events, including various Associate Resource Groups, volunteer opportunities and additional time off to give back to our global communities. 

 Our Brand

Would you jump at the chance to be part of reinventing one of the world’s most recognizable brands? At A&F, we’re on a mission to inspire our customers to be confident, feel comfortable, and face their fierce. Our goal is to create relevant products and brand experiences that allow our customers to define the narrative of their own stories. We approach the work week with a long weekend mindset: free from stress and with time well spent,