Sample Coordinator, On The Go at Skechers in Manhattan Beach, CA

Summary: Skechers, headquartered in Southern California, is a leading lifestyle brand known for its innovative comfort technology in footwear and apparel. The Sample Coordinator is responsible for managing footwear samples, coordinating shipments, and maintaining showrooms to ensure timely delivery and organization of samples. 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 Required Qualifications: - 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 Qualifications: - Associate's or bachelor's degree in Product Development, Fashion, or Design preferred - Photoshop and Illustrator is a plus but not required Important Skills: MS Office proficiency, Footwear retail experience Nice-to-Have Skills: lift boxes, Valid Driver’s License