Job Overview:   The Administrative Assistant provides support to the Retail Marketing Manager in his daily activities. S/he coordinates and organizes meetings with vendors, maintains manager’s calendar and creates and processes vendor contracts- both new and renewals.   Essential Responsibilities: Coordinate with vendors to set up appointments and meetings for contract renewals and negotiations. Create new contracts corresponding to company policies and procedures. Enter and manage contracts in Salesforce ensuring all the contract information is accurate and up to date and send renewal requests at expiry. Work with the manager and vendors to plan product display strategy enhancing store’s visual appeal   Additional Responsibilities: Assigned by the manager. Occasionally walk around the store to confirm store displays match existing contracts in the system.   Specific Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Exceptional writing, scheduling, communication, organization and interpersonal skills. Ability to plan and prioritize workload. Efficient in proactively recognizing issues. Proficient with MS office.   Preferred Education, Experience and Licenses: 2-4 years in administrative capacity supporting vendor management, store operations/ merchandising preferred