Sales Associate

Position Overview

The Sales Associate spearheads the company’s efforts to maintain and expand relationships with its retail partners, offering the most creative products in the industry. This role is responsible for achieving sales quotas and executing strategic account representation, working across product categories and brand initiatives while collaborating closely with product development and design teams.

Essential Duties Include But Are Not Limited To:

• Maintain, grow, and develop assigned key retail accounts
• Possess and prospect for new opportunities with strategic partners, identifying white space and generating sales
• Conduct in-depth research on accounts, trends, and store assortments to craft tailored product recommendations
• Create compelling and strategic sales presentations supported by data, visuals, and curated samples
• Represent the entire Bioworld assortment, working closely with internal teams to deliver customer-specific programs
• Provide design teams with actionable feedback from the market and retail partners
• Collaborate in sales meetings and trade shows, helping with prep, sample coordination, and customer recaps
• Actively analyze and understand market trends, pricing, silhouettes, consumer behavior, and retail performance
• Become an expert in your accounts and key categories
• Track and report performance with a focus on sell-through success
• Consistently contribute to cross-functional collaboration and product assortment strategies
• Handle some sample and trade show logistics (lifting up to 50 lbs.)

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of direct sales experience, ideally in apparel or accessories selling to major retailers
• Passion for pop culture and lifestyle brands
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Strategic mindset with ability to create profitable, trend-driven, consumer-specific programs
• Solid knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Critical thinker with strong organizational, multi-tasking, and prioritization skills
• Experience with customer databases, retail portals, or business management systems
• Strong interpersonal skills; works well independently and in a team setting
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
• Self-motivated and passionate with excellent time management

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or Associate’s Degree – preferred

Business Hours

Monday–Friday, in-office from 8:30am–5:30pm; extended hours depending on workload 4 days in office 1 day remote