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Skechers · 10 hours ago

Sample Coordinator - Kids

Manhattan Beach, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

$21/hr - $23/hr

1+ years exp

Skechers is a global Fortune 500 company known for its diverse range of lifestyle and performance footwear, apparel, and accessories. The Sample Coordinator is responsible for managing footwear samples, coordinating shipments, and maintaining showrooms to ensure timely delivery and organization of samples.

FashionLifestyleShopping

Responsibilities

Monitor and maintain assigned division’s showrooms multiple times a day, which includes, but it 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

Distribute incoming development, fit, national account, and confirmation samples to the appropriate people

Work 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

Work with the Digital Imaging team to ensure all samples are shot and displayed online

Properly dress lace each sample prior

Create invoice for the box of samples sent over to be photographed, labeling style, and type of photo shot needed for the sample

Fulfill all sample requests and provide ETA and tracking information

Audit line sheets for correct product information and images

Track NA and Sales samples and maintain a log for all styles in the division

Work directly with the Product Manager for a list of NA/SLS/INA/CAN/AKS samples and order accordingly

Print development reports for Merchandisers and VP, track development when necessary

Monthly rotational sample coordinator duties such as:

Creating an invoice and shipping out daily samples to China from the Production and Design Department

Distributing mail to recipient’s desk from dedicated mail drop off trays in the office

Driving boxes of samples from one office to another to get photographed, and distributed back to their respective teams

Laying out production samples that have been sent to sales reps to be approved by Product and Design team

Covering the receptionist desk while the receptionist is at lunch

Removing the office “IRA” boxes once they are filled

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

MS Office proficiencyOrganizational skillsProduct Development knowledgeFootwear retail experienceAttention to detailPhotoshop proficiencyIllustrator proficiencyCommunication skillsTeam player

Required

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 met 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 issues by company's current insurance carrier

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)

Preferred

Associate's or bachelor's degree in Product Development, Fashion, or Design preferred

Photoshop and Illustrator is a plus but not required

Company

Skechers

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Skechers is a Fortune 500® company — a growth-oriented brand that designs, develops, and markets a diverse product portfolio of lifestyle and performance footwear, apparel and accessories for men, women and children around the globe.

Founded in 1992

Manhattan Beach, California, USA

10001+ employees