Nick Pappas

Full concept, design, and development of footwear for one of the most revered skate brands in the industry. I work closely with sales and marketing teams, athletes to create footwear solutions for the brand. Worked with numerous professional athletes on signature products that reflect their performance needs as well as their personal style. Create footwear stories anchored by materials, color and graphics to bring to market compelling story telling and brand insights. Frequent Asia development, North America, and East Coast market travel focusing in on product development, future trends and keeping production timelines. Proficient in Illustrator, Photoshop, Sketchbook Designer, and all MS Office programs.

Managed both the East and West coast sales territories
Worked with outside sales reps to insure the needs of all accounts were being managed.
Maintained all futures orders for entire Nike SB account base.
Input all sales orders into SAP system.
Managed all At-Once orders, including Quikstrike product as well as re-orders placed by accounts.
Coordinated special product releases with top tier accounts such as Supreme and Huf.
Responsible for all promo orders, both team rider as well as marketing requests.
Created bi-weekly sales reports to send to outside sales reps to determine trends and manage inventories.
Made outbound sales calls to accounts to obtain reorders.
Worked with Clearance Team to move prior seasons unsold product.

Placed all seasonal buys for both mail-order and retail locations for all non-skate specific footwear.
Managed inventories and placed re-orders when necessary.