Sample Coordinator – Go Run

Sample Coordinator – Go Run

Requirements

• Must be highly organized; able to take direction and work independently.
• Must be a team player with a positive, can-do attitude.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills and be able to work in a professional manner.
• Must have proven ability to prioritize and meet deadlines, provide a high level of attention to detail, and handle multiple deadlines simultaneously.
• Must be able to move and lift boxes of footwear samples between buildings.
• Must be able to travel by company vehicle between the Skechers office buildings through Manhattan Beach.
• Must possess a valid Driver’s License with a clean driving record and be insurable under company’s standard liability policy, as issued by company’s current insurance carrier.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and maintain assigned division’s showrooms multiple times a day, which includes, but is not limited to: Organizing the showroom walls and auditing the rooms once a week, Adding new styles to the showroom walls, Removing all reduced and dropped styles from the showroom walls, Ensuring that the most up to date and correct sample is placed in the showroom, Creating table displays of key styles, Cleaning showrooms before and after management and account meetings, Laying out new development samples based on management’s direction, Organize and maintain storage dress shops, Overseeing samples inflow and outflow of the storage area and following set guidelines for the divisions dress shop and designated aisles.
• Coordinate sample shipments and distributions for domestic and international conferences, trade shows, and photo shoots which includes, but is not limited to: Ensuring that all new samples arrive on time, and are distributed the same day that they arrive in the office, Communicating with our Asia offices regarding samples ETD, Tracking orders regularly to ensure minimal room for error/delays and working with office services when issues arise, Fulfilling sample requests and shipping out the samples in a timely manner, Working with the other sample coordinators to manage timelines for packing and shipping samples out for meetings and tradeshows, Distributing incoming development, fit, national account, and confirmation samples to the appropriate people, Working with sales reps and product team to coordinate the use of “rare” corporate samples and “keep” samples for scheduled account meetings in person and through virtual presentations, Working with the Digital Imaging team to ensure all samples are shot and displayed online, Properly dress lace each sample prior, Creating invoice for the box of samples sent over to be photographed, labeling style, and type of photo shot needed for the sample, Fulfilling all sample requests and providing ETA and tracking information, Auditing line sheets for correct product information and images, Tracking NA and Sales samples and maintaining a log for all styles in the division, Working directly with the Product Manager for a list of NA/SLS/INA/CAN/AKS samples and ordering accordingly, Printing development reports for Merchandisers and VP, tracking development when necessary.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in Product Development, Fashion, or Design preferred.
• 1-2 years professional work experience in an office environment or footwear retail experience.
• Proficient with MS Office (Outlook, Word, Adobe Acrobat, Excel and Power Point).
• Photoshop and Illustrator is a plus but not required.