Junior Account Sales Executive
Unity. Loyalty. Advancement. Charity. It’s what drives United Legwear & Apparel Co. to be the best global designer, manufacturer, and distributor of legwear, bodywear, apparel, and accessories. Founded in 1998 by Isaac E. Ash to make the very best legwear on the market, ULAC is an industry leader offering a full range of products for babies, kids, teens, and adults. We strive to sell our products at affordable prices for families. Hard work and exponential growth year on year have transformed ULAC into a global apparel and accessories company.
Our goal to deliver superior products that ensure superior customer satisfaction is made possible by our team of dedicated professionals who work together to make the company the best in business. Our manufacturing, distribution, and logistics division produces the highest quality products at the best possible prices without cutting corners. The integrity of goods is key, so compliance and quality assurance are top priorities, along with meeting every delivery date—whether shipping across the state or around the world.
We strive to foster an inclusive company culture that stands united to accomplish our mission. We are loyal to our people, supporting their development and ability to achieve excellence. We believe that when people bring their personal best to work each day, it leads to success, advancement, and upward mobility for all. We believe every individual has two hands: one to help themself, and one to help others. We pride ourselves in our value of charity and the commitments we make to help people in need. ULAC supports organizations that help those compromised by sickness, poverty, natural disasters, socioeconomic inequality, and other dire circumstances.
If you share our vision of delivering superior products in a culture of growth, excellence, and caring, then we want to hear from you!
For more information about United Legwear & Apparel Co., please visit: https://www.ulac.comJob Summary:
The Junior Account Sales Executive is responsible for selling the childrenswear brands to Canadian customers for United Apparel Canada. This position supports management and reaches sales initiatives as delegated by the sales manager. The Junior Account Executive position is expected to have a full understanding of the goals of the childrenswear division and knowledge of the business operations in order to properly service the Canadian childrenswear customers and act as their main point of contact.
Essential Functions (Including but not limited to):
• Share best seller recap with internal and external partners to build insights into future assortment strategies.
• Prospect new customers and convert them to clients.
• Build strong relationships with buyers to enhance trust and gain insights into each individual account.
• Visit stores on an ongoing basis to ensure best merchandising presentation is in place, and push repeat order business.
• Create line sheets in NuOrder prior to each market cycle.
• Support customers via NuOrder to enter seasonal orders as well as repeat orders.
• Manage sample collections set up and take down per season.
• Schedule customer presentations and adhere to seasonal order deadlines.
• Competitively shop the market and build a deeper understanding of our customers and identify future product opportunities and pricing strategies.
• Run daily open order/NSR reports to ensure orders are aligned to inventory and ready-to-ship dates.
• Work with production to ensure that goods are arriving on time and in full to fulfill order.
• Complete, manage, and maintain customer setup internally.
• Attain sales targets set by the sales manager.
• Attend internal meetings with other departments such as Production, Planning and Merchandising to support the order and product assortments.
• Perform any other duties as assigned in support of the company's needs and operations.
Qualifications/Requirements:
• Minimum of 3-5 years job-related experience, ideally in the high-end childrenswear fashion industry.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent written and verbal skills as required for effective interpersonal communication
• Strong organizational skills that reflect the ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks and workloads seamlessly and follow-up, while meeting deadlines.
• Strong business judgment and sense of urgency and can work independently under critical time frames and work on multiple assignments.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret data and draw valid conclusions that show understanding and insight with excellent problem-solving skills.
• Must be proficient in English and French language to perform sales account management with vendors and other stakeholders
• Ability to be extremely flexible and adaptable in completing a diverse range of assignments in a timely manner and adaptable to change and have the ability to prioritize projects and workload.
This is an onsite position at our Montreal Office.