OUR COMPANY

Founded in 1998 United Legwear & Apparel Co. (ULAC) is a global designer, manufacturer and distributor of socks, legwear, sportswear, bodywear, and accessories. As one of the leading resources in the industry, ULAC offers a full range of apparel, from newborn/toddler sizes through teens and adults, thanks to our partnership with Puma and licensing agreements with renowned brands such as Hurley, Skechers, Champion, Van Heusen, Weatherproof, just to name a few.

OUR TEAM

United Legwear & Apparel Co. has assembled a team of experienced professionals with like priorities all working together to make the company the very best in the business. Whether in sales, finance, planning, licensing, or shipping, the goal is always customer satisfaction and superior product.

INNOVATION, DESIGN AND MERCHANDISING

Our design and merchandising teams have expertise in identifying emerging trends, fashions, and consumer desires. We also understand the essence of a brand and translate each brand’s DNA while creating apparel and accessories with the most advanced fabrics and yarns and designing items for sport/performance needs and lifestyle. It is the company goal to deliver the best quality goods and the most innovative products within a category.

ABOUT US

The company as a whole works at a very fast pace. We thrive in an environment filled with tight deadlines, collaboration and camaraderie. The entire company is very tight knit. While we value sharp minds and professionalism, we like to surround ourselves with people who have a quirky sense of humor, and who understand what it means to be confident yet humble. We know how to get things done and have fun at the same time, and are looking for someone who can do the same.

https://www.unitedlegwear.com/

Job Summary: The Junior Account Sales Executive is responsible for supporting the Sales Director or Account Sales Executive with mid-tier accounts, including but not limited to: JCPenny, Kohls and Mejier. This position supports the account management and sales initiatives as delegated by their Sales Director /Account Sales Executive. The Junior Account Sales Executive position is expected to have a full understanding of the goals and knowledge of the business operations and act as the Account Sales Executive in the absence of the Sales Director or Account Sales Executive should the need arise.
Essential Functions (Including but not limited to):
• Meeting Preparation: running relevant inventories and seasonal forecasts, preparing showroom with sample representation, and prepare in-season pricing opportunities.
• Run daily open order/NSR reports to ensure orders are aligned to inventory and ready to ship dates.
• Create and manage bulks • Work with production to ensure that goods are arriving on time and in full to fulfill order.
•Maintain a working knowledge and ownership of customer specific requirements for ticketing routing and other account needs.
• Continually keep an open line of communication of the status of the order with the external buying teams
• Create Art Requests for CAD Boards to be created and send to the proper merchandising teams.
• Create imagery request sheets and include required specs.
• Send Imagery and CAD Boards to buyers to ensure they have a proper representation of the product
• Vendor Portal: upload images and product details to account requirements for online, pull sales and style info.
• Place buys for customer specific orders and place production orders.
• Complete and manage customer item set up sheet templates.
• Matching customer specific buys/bulks against the projection given to planning
• 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 needs and operations.
Qualifications/Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in business sales or marketing or other related field and 2 years professional experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience working with department stores; ie. JCP, Kohls and Meijer preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office specifically Excel and Powerpoint.
• Excellent written and verbal skills as required for effective interpersonal communication.
• Strong organizational skills that reflect ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks and workload seamlessly and follow-up, while meeting deadlines.
• Strong business judgement 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.
 • 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.
• Willingness to travel to accounts, attend professional work dinners and events when presented.
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment and ability to apply good work habits to effectively complete assigned tasks and contribute to the smooth operation of the company/department.
Salary Range: 65,000-85,000
Workplace type: Onsite