Week 3 of my Co-op Experience

This week at Full Circle Group was VERY busy and I really began to see the amount of work that needs to be done for the fall/winter seasons for a company like The North Face. In the beginning of the week, I learned how to place orders. As you all probably know, everything in the fashion industry works at least a year ahead of time, so the orders I was placing were for Fall Transition 2013 (they will be shipped out sometime in late June). Some of the accounts do their own orders, while some of the accounts will write their orders and fax it to us for us to place the orders for them. When placing orders everything has to be done PERFECTLY, so it's very important to recheck everything. There were times I couldn't read the quantity, or the style code or color code was incorrect so I would have to call the store and speak to their buyer to get the order straightened out. The rest of the week I continued to unpack, scan, and organize Fall 2013 samples for the sales reps. There were some days where we would receive upwards of 50 boxes so the company brought in 2 of their old interns to help me work with the samples so we could get the boxes completed by the end of the week. It was very nice to work with the old interns because they had a lot of advice to tell me not only about the upcoming months at my job, but also were able to help me with any questions about Drexel's D&M program or even life after graduating from Drexel. This week was very very busy, but the work is very rewarding and something I enjoy doing (even if it can be repetitive at times).