Showroom Coordinator/Specialist

Job Title: Showroom Coordinator/Specialist
Job Location: New York, NY (Onsite)
Job Duration: 6 Months and Temp to Perm
Shift: 8:30am - 5:30pm
Pay Rate: $20.00/ hr. on w2

Job Summary:

• The Showroom Specialist oversees sample management and organization primarily in their respective showroom.
• This includes samples preparation for customer meetings, digital tools demonstrations and troubleshooting in the showroom, as well as general showroom maintenance.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Showroom Merchandising & Event Planning:

• Supports planning of buying days (market weeks) in local showroom including organizing customer travel itineraries (flights/ hotels/ car services, etc.) and meeting scheduling, catering, floral arrangements, and general showroom maintenance.
• Prepares samples and maintains tracking for off-site samples usage including, customer meetings, tradeshows, brand immersions, catalog photography, and selling events.
• Works in conjunction with local and global brand teams to assist in execution of showroom merchandising to support brand storytelling of new collections.
• Troubleshoots for local showroom events in the capacity of visual updates, IT support, Digital tools support, fixtures, lights, etc.
• Ensure proper organization, inventory and tracking of all samples received to facilitate market week calendar.
• Coordinate meeting space as needed for customer and internal team usage, in alignment with Asset Protection and Facilities teams.
• Cleans and restores onsite & traveling sample sets to customer-ready condition.
• Completes quarterly samples recalls/ inventory updates.
• Assist Account Managers, Product Team and Brand Managers with sales and marketing support projects.
• Travels to other showrooms or off-site locations as needed in support of Sales and Events teams.
• Provides “Key Holder” support – responsible for opening/closing office, as well as security in satellite showrooms.

Showroom Operations:

• Works with corporate “Go to Market” and Sales Operations teams to order new collection samples in SAP and follows up on errors, as well as missing skus.
• Review tracking visibility including follow-up with Italy on any delays.
• Extract “Discontinuation” lists and Consignment Inventory Reports” from SAP.
• Creates “Return Authorization” in SAP and executes shipping recalled samples to ATL distribution center.
• Works with Customs Compliance / Import-Export team to execute shipments to/from Canada.

Education and Qualifications:

• BA/BS in Marketing, Business or Sales is preferred/ Associate’s Degree minimum.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written).
• High level of computer literacy: Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• 2- 3 years of merchandising and inventory management experience with at least one year of luxury showroom experience preferred.
• Ability to prioritize and handle additional responsibilities as required and assigned.
• Work well independently and prioritize assignments to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Highly organized, and analytical.