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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

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Stitch Fix

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 2011

👗 Fashion

🛒 Retail

🛍️ eCommerce

💰 $36.9M Venture Round on 2017-11

Fashion • Retail • eCommerce

Stitch Fix is a personal styling service that offers a unique and personalized approach to fashion for women, men, and kids. Clients start by taking a style quiz, which helps Stitch Fix understand their preferences, sizes, and budget. Based on this information, a personal stylist selects five personalized clothing pieces that are shipped directly to the client's door. Customers can choose to keep and purchase any items they like, with the $20 styling fee applicable to kept items. Stitch Fix carries a wide range of sizes and offers free shipping and returns. The service is flexible, with no subscription required, allowing customers to order style boxes on demand or at regular intervals. Stitch Fix also offers a 'Freestyle' shopping option where clients can browse curated suggestions based on their preferences. The company covers a wide variety of styles from numerous brands, ensuring there are options to suit various fashion tastes and needs.

📋 Description

• Own a specific portion of the business within the Women's Knits and Sweaters Tops category with a focus on Market brands, developing and executing merchandising and financial strategies to maximize departmental opportunities. • Curate and drive seasonal line plans and product assortments across market and private brands, presenting strategies to leadership and cross-functional partners to gain alignment. • Analyze sales data, inventory levels, and client feedback on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis to responsibly manage the open-to-buy budget alongside Planning partners. • Manage the vendor matrix strategically, negotiating terms, contracts, and pricing with suppliers to optimize profitability, product quality, and timely delivery. • Conduct continuous market research and competitive analysis to identify industry trends, spot risks, and uncover new opportunities appropriate for Stitch Fix clients.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience. • A minimum of 3+ years of experience in a retail buying or merchandising role (experience with women’s apparel/tops is preferred). • Deep knowledge of retail math, business metrics, financial planning, and managing the end-to-end product lifecycle. • Have Market buying experience - history managing a multi-vendor matrix and supporting negotiations for margin/AUC • A solution-driven, analytical mindset with the ability to take calculated, data-driven risks in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment. • You have a keen eye for product and experience spotting and reacting to trends across the market • Strong oral and written communication skills, with a thrive-in-a-feedback-driven environment mentality and the ability to confidently present to leadership. • You are detail oriented, organized and possess effective time management skills and have proven you can thrive in a fast paced, nuanced environment where bold and proactive decision making is essential • Proficiency in Google Workplace Suite and Microsoft Office Suite (especially Excel). Familiarity with leveraging data analytics tools to inform buying decisions. • This position may require the ability to sit for extended periods of time, use a computer or other office equipment, communicate effectively (verbal and written), and travel up to 30% of the time.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • 401(k) matching • Flexible work hours • Paid time off • Remote work options