Overview
As an international leader in bridal fashion, Essense of Australia has been making bridal dreams come true for more than 20 years. With offices in Lenexa, Kansas; Perth, Australia; and Zug, Switzerland, our designs are sold in nearly 1,000 retail stores across the globe, including our network of company-owned and franchise stores, True Society. Located in Australia, the US and Europe, True Society is a collective of premier bridal shops that exclusively offers our designs and delivers the ultimate wedding dress shopping experience to brides of all styles, shapes, and sizes. Together, we are a dynamic and rapidly growing company focused on innovation, excellence, drive, and collaboration.
The Role
We are seeking a Sampling Coordinator who can work in a fast-paced environment, is able to think on their feet and juggle multiple priorities while proactively monitoring the sample manufacturing process. The successful candidate will be someone who can identify red flags and effectively troubleshoot to ensure on-time shipment and delivery of company sampling assets. The Sampling Coordinator is part of the Factory Operations department and also assists with sourcing supplementary products, administration, creation and maintenance of department processes and procedures.
Responsibilities
- Track and communicate progress of seasonal samples to meet collection launch and sales deadlines.
- Review and analyse all sample progress on the weekly WIP (work in progress) report sent through from the factories to identify any possible issues.
- Track the movements of sample shipments and liaise with relevant departments to resolve any shipment delays or issues that may arise.
- Update and distribute sample status information to various departments both locally and internationally.
- Report updates on all aspects of department timelines and projects.
- Support sourcing supplementary products within the wholesale and retail business from both new and current suppliers to meet business brief and timeline.
Qualifications
- Tertiary qualification in supply chain, commerce, business, fashion apparel or related field desirable but not essential.
- Minimum 3 years' work experience in a professional office environment.
- Strong logistics, administrative, or other professional office coordinator level experience preferred.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively with others.
- Strong customer service orientation and demeanor.
- Proven experience with tracking and scheduling of large amounts of data.
- Adaptable to stressful situations and changing workloads.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks in a rapid-paced environment under minimal supervision with a high attention to detail.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook).
- Flexibility to occasionally assist with tasks outside of standard work hours.
What We Offer
We look forward to welcoming the successful candidate to our fast-growing global team. In return for your skills, we offer you the opportunity to join an international industry leader and be part of a creative and collaborative culture that empowers its people and promotes teamwork. We recognise and reward excellence, innovation, and loyalty. Our goal is to offer an inspirational and modern workplace that allows for talented individuals to thrive. As such, we provide competitive salaries and a comprehensive advantages package, with significant opportunity for exceptional team members to grow with us as we continue to expand.
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📌 Sampling Coordinator
🏢 Essense of Australia
📍 City of Stirling