Job Description
Company Overview
Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Bolingbrook, IL, S&S Activewear is the leading wholesaler to the imprintable apparel and uniform market in the United States and Canada. S&S offers more than 100 brands, including Adidas, Calvin Klein, Champion, Columbia, Dickies, Fruit of the Loom, Lee, Oakley, Rawlings, Tommy Hilfiger, etc. The wholesaler specializes in blank sportswear, corporate apparel, and accessories – including everything from basic garments to fashion-forward styles – and features the best selection the industry has to offer.
In March 2021, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced it had acquired S&S Activewear. S&S has grown under the current management team and owners from a successful midwestern t-shirt and fleece distributor into an industry leader with approximately $2.5 billion in sales. CD&R indicated they believe S&S is a leading distribution platform with sustainable competitive advantage following significant strategic investments in its geographic reach, people, and technology. Today, S&S has the largest one & two-day distribution footprint in the industry, with its products reaching 99% of the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico within two days and 44 states in just one day.
About Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) is a private investment firm with a strategy predicated on building stronger, more profitable businesses. Since inception, CD&R has managed the investment of more than $35 billion in 100 companies with an aggregate transaction value of more than $150 billion. The Firm has offices in New York and London.
Description
Responsibility of complete payments, processing, verifying and reconciling invoices to maintain Accounts Payable records. All S&S activewear employees must adhere to the guidelines presented in the S&S Activewear Employee Handbook.
Schedule
Monday - Friday 8AM - 430PM, Full-Time, Non-Exempt
Benefits
The company offers vacation time, a personal day, and sick time after waiting period ranging between 30 – 90 days. Other benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life/AD&D and Short/Long term disability and 401K with a 3% company contribution.
Major Responsibilities
- Show up on time every day, ready to work with a positive attitude.
- Properly code, distribute all incoming invoices.
- Efficiently and accurately enter all data into the accounting program.
- Application of manual credits.
- Review and reconcile monthly vendor statements.
- Maintain and organize the filling system.
- Process of cutting/mailing checks
Requirements
- Organizational skills
- Acknowledgeable to details
- Basic office skills
- Basic computer knowledge
- Ability to read and speak English
Preferred Qualifications
- Basic accounting knowledge and or experience
- Data entry experience
- Knowledge of excel
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
Working Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
S&S Activewear welcomes people of all backgrounds and experiences and are committed to creating a diverse culture and supporting human growth. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. We conduct business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. Our policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer, and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons. S&S participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm you are authorized to work in the U.S. This job offer is contingent upon the completion of a satisfactory background check.
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