Company Description

Headquartered in Southern California, Skechers has spent 30 years helping men, women and kids everywhere look and feel good. Developing comfort technologies is at the foundation of all that we do—delivering stylish, innovative, and quality products at a reasonable price. From our diverse footwear offering to a growing range of apparel and accessories, Skechers is a complete lifestyle brand.

With international business representing over half of our total sales, we have product available in more than 180 countries and significant opportunities for continued expansion worldwide. We sell our collections direct to consumers through more than 4,450 Skechers stores around the globe and Skechers e-commerce sites, as well as through a network of third-party partners.

A MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR GLOBAL LEADER IN THE FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY.

Job Description

The Executive Assistant is responsible for providing executive-level support to the SVP/GMM of International Retail, while managing a wide range of administrative and office management tasks to optimize the effectiveness and efficiency of the Production and Design department.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESULTS:

• Provide executive-level support to the SVP/GMM of International Retail, including calendar management, expense reporting, travel arrangements, industry research and special projects.
• Organize and prioritize daily flow of information, sorting printed emails by urgency and category.
• Collaborate with other Executive Assistants, internal departments, and third-party vendors respective to the SVP’s needs.
• Anticipate the needs of a busy Executive and support day to day departmental operations including managing team calendars, projects, and workflow to ensure timeliness of meetings and awareness of current priorities.
• Learn company reports, their meaning, and how to look up information to help provide research support.
• Manage the flow of employee requests to meet or talk with the SVP, obtain the necessary information so that the SVP is aware of the discussion topic, and arrange meetings according to priority.
• Arrange travel and expense management.
• Help plan dinners or special event logistics for vendors, suppliers, etc.
• Onboard new team members and work closely with the hiring manager and departments such as HR/Recruiting/IT to ensure proper set up prior to their arrival.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Other miscellaneous duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• No

Qualifications

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent follow-up skills
• Thrives working in a busy environment
• Rebounds from difficulty
• Optimistic, entrepreneurial, and a team player
• Clear-headed, and calm, able to handle stress
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable in a multi-task environment with a sense of urgency
• Well-organized with focused attention to detail
• Resourceful and proactive problem-solving skills
• Ability to handle confidential information with absolute discretion
• Able to work with people of all corporate levels

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher
• Experience performing administrate type duties in a corporate environment
• Two or more years of full-time experience in footwear or apparel industry preferred.
• Proficient in all Microsoft Office Programs (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Adobe Reader, Concur, Kronos, and FileNet experience preferred

Additional Information

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The skills, abilities and physical demands described are representative of those duties that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified for the job position, to perform the essential functions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to walk; sit, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel. The employee is occasionally required to sit for long period of times.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Pay range for this position is $70,000-$90,000.

Benefits:

• Paid Parental Leave: including time for fathers and adopting parents.
• Short term & long term disability and life insurance at no cost to the employee.
• Extensive medical, dental, and vision plans with multiple carries, including EPO, HPN and PPO plans.
• Competitive 401k plan and employer matching.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Savings Account (FSA) offerings.
• Paid vacation, sick, personal and holiday time.
• Pet Insurance available.
• Onsite wellness programs at company headquarters including fitness classes, acupuncture, and chiropractor.
• Employee stock purchase program
• Employee product discount of 50%; employee sample sales and family and friends discount throughout the year. 
• Skechers Company Culture and growth strategy is deeply infused with internal career growth and opportunities for learning.