Free People Wholesale Sales Assistant

We are looking to hire a Sales Assistant to play an integral role in the development and management of Free People brand. The role requires a smart, enthusiastic, and detail-oriented team player who takes ownership over projects and ensures successful delivery. The candidate must exhibit excellent organizational skills, attention to details and have a solutions-oriented approach. Responsibilities also include support selling the collection, managing the critical path, and maintaining/building relationships with accounts.

We are looking for a candidate who has wholesale showroom experience, a natural eye for fashion, and a good awareness of Free People as a brand.

Responsibilities

• Calendar management - ensuring all showroom / Zoom appointments and internal meetings are booked.
• Assist in responding to all account inquiries, to ensure they are aligned with global brand direction.
• Monitor key item availability and support with open order reports.
• Partner with Creative Brand Manager to ensure all accounts have appropriate online styling and assets.
• Understanding and ability to work within all facets of the order process including merchandising, operations, logistics, credit, and production.
• Support Account Executive in weekly review of reorder opportunities based on selling reports analysis and feedback from accounts.
• Review websites for style/photo/division accuracy.
• Responsible for updating all shared logs (account lists, returns log, market log etc).
• Market support (creating order forms/linesheets, noting selections during appointment).
• Research new markets and prospect stores to continue the growth of wholesale business.
• Entering orders and checking POs for order entry accuracy.
• Support organizing, attending, and selling at tradeshows to buyers and clients.
• Approving and reviewing all orders submitted on B2B for all specialty stores, agents, and distributors.
• Responsible for daily order maintenance, and review of all open orders in system.
• Assisting the Account Executive in servicing accounts.
• Work with visual merchandising team to develop selling guides for key accounts.
• Completing weekly sell through reports and bestsellers for major accounts.
• Check for PO fulfillment post allocation and track order status in Bluecherry.
• Checking, communicating, and actioning all product changes in accordance to merchandising logs.
• Liaise with the Operations and Warehouse teams to ensure the customer has all required documents for bookings for shipments.
• Providing accounts all required product information including, ecommerce copy and country of origin.

Required Skills

• Strong understanding of the entire sales process; including client prospecting, taking orders, order maintenance, shipping, and follow-up.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• A love and understanding of the Free People brand, customer and product.
• 1-2 years previous experience within sales, customer service or administration preferred.
• Ability to maintain and build relationships with clients and buyers.
• Proficient in office systems such as MS Excel/Word/PowerPoint/Outlook
• Great attention to detail and strong follow up skills.
• Highly organized with the ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment

Urban Outfitters, Inc. celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression),religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. We believe strongly in fostering a safe, fair and respectful work environment. To ensure compliance with our non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies, we offer anti-harassment training to managers and employees.

The wage range for this role is $47,000 - $55,000. Wages are based on several factors, including, but not limited to experience, education, geographic location, etc.

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