Sourcing & Sales Support Coordinator (Promotional Merchandise & Apparel)
We provide a full suite of custom apparel, merchandise, media and print products serving music labels, indie artists and other content creators and organizations. Our staff works globally with clients and partners alike.
We’re looking for a Sourcing & Sales Support Coordinator to help lead sourcing and pre-sales support for our custom merchandise and apparel products. In this role the expectation is that you will be constantly looking for innovative products in response to client demand
With our dynamic markets, fun and creative products and broad global supply chain, this position requires a refined sourcing, supply chain, sales and client relations skill set. If you have experiencing in sourcing and love the music industry, as well as being organized and a hard-working problem solver, we’d love to hear from you.
This position is based in our NYC office.
Responsibilities:
Work with sales team and directly with clients to identify new product opportunities and determine creative, timing, budget and other project objective
Identify appropriate vendor, product and production options to meet client needs
Support and coordinate other client pre-sales needs, including sampling, virtual proofs, and marketing materials
Communicate actively with manufacturing and other vendors, including assisting or leading production coordination on some projects
Actively manage timelines and production status to ensure projects remain on schedule
Anticipate potential problems and resolve artwork, logistics or other issues
Occasional evening work to communicate with Asia based plants
Other tasks to meet the changing and fast-growing nature of our business.
Requirements:
A great communicator with strong verbal, written and listening skills
A problem solver – you know how to get things done
Enthusiastic and self-motivated
Detail-oriented and highly organized, with excellent time management skills
Able to manage many simultaneous projects from start to finish
A team player and great collaborator
Client-focused and quality-obsessed
Able to work well under pressure
Experience with merch / apparel sourcing and/or production preferred
Experience with Photoshop or Illustrator a plus
2 to 3 years work experience
Bachelor’s degree preferred