About the Role
Place Showroom is seeking a driven sales assistant to join our sales team. We’re a full service wholesale women's apparel showroom for leading contemporary and emerging brands. This is an amazing opportunity to build a career working amongst a dynamic sales team. At Place, you will have exposure to work with a wide range of accounts while having the opportunity to build key relationships within the industry.
Responsibilities
- PO processing from order entry to shipment tracking
- Participate in trade shows and markets throughout the East Coast
- Participate in product knowledge seminars with Place's brands
- Conduct product knowledge seminars at our retailers
- Scheduling and multi-tasking
- Appointment preparation and showroom floor merchandising
- Preparing for road and in-person appointments
- Liaison between Accounts and Account Executive
- Process orders and other general account management
- Sample coordination
- Administrative ownership – managing on order documents, PO tracking and shipment logs, maintaining updated account information on internal database
Requirements
- Outgoing with high energy
- Thrives in a fast-paced work environment
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Confident with cold calls and building new relationships
- Time management and ability to prioritize tasks timely to achieve deadlines with high volume workload
- Strong written and organization skills
- Perform well under pressure
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
- Interest in a long-term career in wholesale apparel industry
- Customer-service oriented
- Ability to travel as needed
- Must have valid/current driver's license
Skills
- Communication skills
- Presentation skills
- Cold calling
- Relationship building
- Time management
- Prioritization
- Written skills
- Organization skills
- Microsoft Office proficiency
- Mac computer proficiency
Location
- East Coast
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Commensurate with experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
Salary/Compensations
- $24-28/hr
About the Company
- Full service wholesale women's apparel showroom for leading contemporary and emerging brands.
