Seeking a proactive, highly organized Wholesale Sales Assistant to provide essential support to a busy sales team in the apparel industry. The ideal candidate is resourceful, dependable, and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage administrative responsibilities, maintain accurate information, and follow through on critical tasks. You will help ensure that orders, samples, deadlines, and sales materials are organized and moving forward.
Details:
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: $52,000 annually
Start Date: TBD
Location: Commerce, CA
Key Responsibilities
- Enter, review, and track purchase orders, ensuring all details are accurate and current.
- Maintain spreadsheets, sales trackers, calendars, and key milestone dates.
- Follow up on outstanding orders, approvals, deliveries, and internal action items.
- Track samples and help maintain an organized, presentation-ready sample room.
- Prepare samples, sales materials, and supporting information for meetings and presentations.
- Provide day-to-day administrative support to the sales team.
- Coordinate with internal departments and external partners to obtain updates and resolve open items.
- Assist with reporting, data entry, filing, and other sales operations projects as needed.
- Help keep priorities organized in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience in sales support, fashion, apparel, merchandising, planning, or a related field.
- Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Comfort working with spreadsheets, data entry, purchase orders, and order tracking.
- Excellent follow-up skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities at once.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills.
- A collaborative, team-oriented approach and a willingness to take initiative.
Preferred Background
- Planning experience is a plus.
- Experience with fashion showrooms, apparel brands, or wholesale sales environments is strongly preferred.
- Familiarity with sample management, purchase orders, and sales operations is a plus.
