Merchandising Associate

TCK (Twin City Knitting) is an American manufacturer born and raised in the foothills of North Carolina. Founded in 1961, TCK began knitting performance athletic socks and quickly established itself as the industry leader for on-field team socks. We have outfitted athletes’ feet for generations and have built an unrivaled brand loyalty with our customers.

It's more than making socks or a day-to-day job for our team at Twin City Knitting Co.; we are a family at TCK.

Summary: The Merchandising Associate will support TCK’s NCAA products through exceptional customer service. You will interact with our product manufacturers and distributors to support item creation from idea to delivery. You’ll have the chance to collaborate across teams and help maintain our commitment to innovation and quality. We are looking for a team member who is excited about working with a company that values craftsmanship, quality, and continuous growth.

Duties and Responsibilities:

· Assist in managing collegiate licensing for renewals, rights, and applications.

· Maintain product listings and pricing database.

· Complete monthly and/or quarterly sales and royalty reports in conjunction with our accounting team.

· New product sampling, development, and approval.

· Create specs and SIPs for all new collegiate items.

· Keep certifications up to date and assist HR/manufacturing with factory audits.

· Assist with and potential to manage and maintain e-commerce listings.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

· Excellent attention to detail

· Strong organizational skills

· Proficient in MS Excel

· Ability to meet deadlines

· Ability to multi-task

· Demonstrated characteristics of responsiveness, and being friendly and tactful

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and sit at least 75% of the time, walk, use hands, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to balance, stoop, and bend. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move sample bags up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, ability to adjust focus, and ability to see color.

Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is mainly located in an office environment but will regularly be exposed to work near a warehouse. The employee may occasionally be required to work in our manufacturing environment.

The noise level in the work environment may occasionally be loud.

Twin City Knitting is committed to protecting information under the care of Twin City Knitting commensurate with leading industry standards and applicable regulations. As such, Twin City Knitting provides at least annual training regarding data privacy and security to employees who, as a result of their role specifications, may come in to contact with sensitive data.

Twin City Knitting is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identification, or protected Veteran status. Twin City Knitting participates in E-verify and is committed to compliance with its obligations under all applicable state and federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. In keeping with this commitment, it attempts to reasonably accommodate applicants and employees in accordance with the requirements of the disability discrimination laws. It also invites individuals with disabilities to participate in a good faith, interactive process to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made without imposing an undue hardship.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to Commute:

• Conover, NC 28613 (Required)

Work Location: In person