What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Sales Assistant position at SWIM USA?
SWIM USA is a designer and manufacturer of women's swimwear located in New York City. We are 84 years young and seeking a dynamic Senior Sales Assistant to join our team.
Job Summary
The Senior Sales Assistant is responsible for a broad variety of administrative and support duties, reporting directly to the Account Manager.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Participate in all sales meetings, document conversations, and distribute all necessary info to cross functional teams
- Manage new account set up requirements including set-up forms, vendor agreements, insurance documents etc.
- Work with Product Manager and Sales Support to ensure compliance with all retailer requirements- packaging materials, tickets, packing etc.
- Analyze market pricing trends through online and instore research
- Complete retailer-specific requirements such as ecom item info, data entry into vendor portal, item info sheets etc.
- Review online product to ensure accuracy of information as well as analyze customer reviews
- Fulfill sample requests including Advertising, TOP, and market samples
- Review allocation for any discrepancies and follow up with Sales Support to alleviate problems
- Communicate any order changes, confirmations, bulk adjustments etc. to Sales Support
- Maintain a "samples out" listing, keeping track of when samples were sent to accounts and marketing
- Coordinate shipping, share tracking info and track packages to and from customers or meetings
- Work with cross functional teams to ensure PO's get allocated and routed at their intended time and communicate any discrepancies with account managers.
Qualifications/Requirements (To perform this position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the education, experience, knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions)
Education: Bachelor's degree preferred
Experience: A minimum of 2 years of sales experience in apparel related field preferred
Skills:
- Must possess computer skills (Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)
- Must be fluent with Excel report design, pivot tables
- Working knowledge of retail math
- Must be familiar with office equipment
Working Conditions: office
Travel: occasional travel required (post covid)
Physical Demands:
- Must be able to stand, sit, and walk 8 hours/day
- Vision requirements correctable to 20/20 vision
Note: Manager reserves the right to modify job description base on business need
SWIM USA is an EOE
Salary : $45,000 - $50,000
