Gildan is leading the way in apparel manufacturing, with a strong portfolio of brands, including Gildan®, American Apparel®, Comfort Colors®, GOLDTOE®, and Peds®. We’ve spent the last four decades perfecting the art of respectful apparel making, and the last 20 years implementing sustainable initiatives throughout our business.

Founded in Canada, we now operate out of roughly 30 locations worldwide across 12 countries and sell our products in 60+ markets globally with $3 billion in sales. Together with our 45,000 employees, we are united in our vision of Making Apparel Better®. Discover the full scale of Gildan and prepare to be surprised at gildancorp.com. 

Supports Product Sales Support department, supports management reports, communicating with internal/external customers and tracking key projects.  This opportunity is based in our Sales, Marketing, and Distribution team.

The role

• Understands and reviews customer demand signals to submit lab dip requests to start the color development process.
• Works closely with Gilchem lab for keeping lab dip developments on time and ensuring delivery to the proper party for review.
• Maintains customer and internal databases to reflect accurate status of past and current color developments.
• Aligns with customer colorists on lab dip development to push for color comments, to review open requests and work through difficulties.
• Maintains the color development library including physical color standards and lab dip books.
• Reviews customer BOM’s to understand change requests and ensure proper record keeping.
• Submits set up requests and manages the item set up tracker to ensure set ups are completed on time.
• Maintains organization and cleanliness of work room.
• Orders and maintains sample inventory. Reviews and preps for customer requests.
• Maintains fabric library including creating fabric headers for customer review.
• Completes spec and color comparisons for style/color proposition. Prepares both internal analysis files as well as customer facing presentations.
• Coordinates customer fit sessions: ordering and prepping samples, securing model, capturing notes and updating customer tech packs.
• Organizes customer trim submits.
• Maintains department KPI’s for review.
• Works with cross functional teams to maintain annual sales reports.
• Manages and submits vendor invoices for approval and payment.
• Assists with data entry in customer PLM systems, as needed.
• Sets up Smartsheet templates for team data management needs.
• Other duties as assigned to meet business needs.

The requirement

•  Associate Degree and 3-5 years of related experience
• Work requires occasional lifting and moving boxes to organize samples.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.) and Smartsheet.
• Must be able to generate financial spreadsheets with links, macros, formulas, conditions, etc.
• Must be able to develop graphic presentations, PowerPoint presentations, and other documents as needed.
• Able to work in both office and manufacturing environments.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Exceptional administrative and technical skill, including verbal and written communication, accountability, professionalism, and discreetness.
• Comfortable working with numbers and calculations.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong organization, follow-up, and priority management skills.
• Schedule flexibility and calmness during changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Able to take direction and manage tasks from multiple managers.
• Able to work in a team-based environment.
• Hearing is required to hear instructions, receive information from various sources, and understand safety warnings.
• Vision is required in order to read instructions, interpret data, and formulate metrics.                     

• Join a publicly traded company dual-listed on NYSE and TSX with great potential
• Be part of a workplace where meaningful connections and teamwork are celebrated
• From local to international, be ready to work alongside a diverse group of colleagues
• Benefit from mentorship and continuous development opportunities
• Take advantage of our attractive benefits packages

We want to get to know you better! Please include your transferrable skills and unique experience in your application to help us learn more about you.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

We recognize the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion to create a meaningful, collaborative work environment. As an inclusive employer, we value and embrace all the traits that make you uniquely you and seek to provide everyone with an equal chance to succeed. Because equity and inclusion matter at Gildan.

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