Showroom & Sales Support Assistant

  • Full-time
  • Employment Status: Regular

Company Description

About Skechers
Join the thousands of Skechers innovators, advocates and forces who are making an impact every day at Skechers, one of the biggest footwear brands in the world. Whether you love to connect with consumers on the retail floor or want to drive Skechers, an award-winning powerhouse, in a new direction, the Skechers team is the place to be.

Job Description

About the Showroom & Sales Support Assistant role
As a Showroom & Sales Support Assistant you will assist in all aspects of the UK showrooms, ensuring strong visual impact, and merchandising all samples across our product portfolio. You will be coordinating all facilities and operations connected with customer and internal meetings and events. You will provide support to the Sales Manager to maintain the general running of the office with focus on ground and middle floors. You will also be creating and executing first class customer service and experience at all times.

Our Showroom & Sales Support Assistant main duties and responsibilities will consist of but are not limited to:

  • Providing support to Sales Team for customer accounts data, checking stocks, completing templates accurately and providing data needed for accounts to place orders along with general office tasks
  • Carrying out ad-hoc duties and responsibilities as requested by Management
  • Working with Marketing to ensure all visuals are up to date and refreshed as needed
  • Ensuring showrooms are clean and ready for use after each account meeting
  • Ensuring showrooms are complete with all relevant and up to date samples
  • Managing the distribution of sample deliveries (showroom, customer and PR)
  • Working with Sales to co-ordinate the use of “rare” corporate samples and keeping samples for their account meetings
  • Keeping all samples in a neat organised manner ensuring any old samples are removed and disposed of
  • Working with and being able to move some bulky items around the office. 
  • Arranging transportation for customers and key staff as required when attending the showroom
  • Assisting with the organisation and control of professional outside caterers for customer visits and internal meetings as required

Qualifications

Core skills as a Showroom & Sales Support Assistant
You will be a professional, friendly and approachable person with a positive outlook. You are detailed oriented, you can closely follow instructions and have the ability to carry out manual work such as lifting.

 To succeed, you will need to demonstrate the below skills/experience:

  • Full valid driving licence
  • Proficient in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook)
  • Experience in Photography, Graphic Design and Visual Merchandising would be an advantage
  • Knowledge of fashion and/or footwear industry or a degree in Fashion or Design would be an advantage 
  • Can interpret documents such as customer orders, e-mails, safety rules, policies and procedures and operating/maintenance instructions.
  • Excellent presentation and numerate with an eye for detail when entering data
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Self-motivated and can work on own initiative
  • Creative with the ability to think ahead and outside the box

Additional Information

What you’ll get

  • Full Time role working Mon-Fri based at our Head Office in St Albans
  • Competitive Salary
  • Free onsite parking
  • 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
  • Product discount
  • Group Personal Pension
  • Group Income Protection
  • Group Life Assurance

 

If this sounds like a role for you, please click to apply, and visit about.skechers.com for more details on Skechers.

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