Sales Operations Manager

Sales / Wholesale

Sales Operations Manager

Somerville, United States of America

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Your Talent

YOUR TALENT (Qualifications)

• 2 - 3 years of experience in merchandising operations, sales / sample operations or retail operations

• Proactive and assertive in follow-through with colleagues and business partners, including a high degree of self-direction.

• The ability to apply experience and knowledge to provide creative solutions to problems.

• The ability to collaborate and influence others.

• Passion for operational improvements, process efficiencies.

• Strong organization skills.

• Detail and deadline oriented.

• Team player with a positive attitude

• Ability to travel to our sample warehouse in Westford to help facilitate seasonal sample receipts and shipping.

• Ability to lift up to 30 lbs.

Your Mission

POSITION OVERVIEW

This person will serve as a critical member of the GTM team, supporting the wholesale team (and the retail team in certain instances) by providing tools required to initiate a successful go to market process, from sell-in to digital partner support. They will manage the planning and delivery of seasonal sample sets, B2B system and digital back-end support needs for retailers.

YOUR MISSION (Responsibilities)

• Partner with the factories and warehouse to drive the sample management process seasonally for all sales sample sets as well as for photo studio and digital backend needs.

• Partner with merchandising, global BU's and the showroom team to drive and manage the sample process for our Somerville Showroom

• Partner with merchandise planning and merchandising to help drive line arch efficiencies that impact sales operations tools (i.e., Samples, photography, and product attributes)

• Manage the sample budget and approvals for any in season sales rep sample needs.

• Responsible for management of retailer required imagery inclusive of SMU's and NRP's and any retailer specific needs; ensure that standards are aligned with global efforts.

• Partner with 3rd party company and retail team to plan and produce regional on-model assets as required by digital partners.

• V2C Support: Support sales team with retailer product template creation as well as product imagery requirements.

• Partner with global and the RCC to provide complete of catalog of required product attributes (Inclusive of features and benefits) to our digital partners.

PUMA provides equal opportunities for all job applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Equality for all is one of the core principles at PUMA and we do not tolerate any form of harassment or discrimination.

PUMA supports over 21,000 employees across 51 countries. The PUMA Group owns the brand PUMA, Cobra Golf and stichd, and is headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany.

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