Title: Account Executive, Women's
Salary Range: $80-$100K
What You'll Be Responsible For: The Account Executive is responsible for leveraging world-class brand and luxury retailer expertise and relationships in the contemporary market. The ideal candidate will possess the proven knowledge to execute the sales strategy with a keen ability to drive sales.
- Understand luxury retailer's needs including pricing and positioning as related to market strategies and communicate the brands' strength and position in the market
- Translate weekly selling reports into user-friendly formats and make compelling recommendations to the buying teams
- Utilize confident communication and presentation skills including strong negotiation & persuasion skills
- Create and develop joint business plans with all elements of the business process including Logistics, Merchandising/Promotional strategies, Category Management
- Anticipate near and long-term changes to the business and implement strategies/ plans for success
- Develop accurate forecasts on a timely basis and track and interpret past and present sales trends in order to forecast the future
- Stay abreast of industry fashion trends with expert knowledge of the women's better contemporary sportswear markets
- Follow-up and coordinate all ongoing projects in order to meet stated deadlines
Qualifications/Experience We're Looking For:- Must have two to four years (2-4) of proven sales success as a luxury retail account executive for a better women's contemporary apparel sportswear brand with exceptional specialty store relationships and the critical ability to intimately relate to the Vince customer
- Must have experience handling A+ Specialty accounts
- Must have the ability to work as a team member to execute and accomplish goals
- Must have flexibility to conduct domestic business travel as needed to support assigned accounts
- Must have proficiency using MS Office software applications
- Must have excellent influencing and verbal communication skills with the ability to establish cross-functional multi-level relationships
- Must have superior retail math skills
- Must have the ability to deal with rapidly changing organizational challenges and anticipate/forecast customer demand
- Must be self-motivated with a strong sense of personal accountability
Benefits at Vince:- Robust healthcare options for medical, dental, vision, flexible spending, and health savings account with employer funding
- 401(k) with employer match
- Generous paid time off plans for vacation, sick, and personal, volunteer time, as well as company holidays
- Hybrid and flexible work options available for roles that can be done remotely
- Clothing allowance & merchandise discounts
- $400 annual gym reimbursement
- Monthly data/phone stipend for eligible roles
- Mental health support tools and telehealth psychology and psychiatry
- Family and caregiving benefits including a competitive paid parental leave program as well as supplemental infertility coverage
- Life, accidental death & dismemberment, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance
- Supplemental hospital indemnity, specified disease, and accident coverage
- Pre-tax commuter benefits including transit and parking
- Discounted pet, home & auto, and legal insurance
