Gildan is a leading manufacturer of everyday basic apparel, with a strong portfolio of brands, including Gildan®, Hanes®, Comfort Colors®, American Apparel®, ALLPRO™, GOLDTOE®, Peds®, Bali®, Playtex®, Maidenform®, Bonds®, as well as Champion® which is under an exclusive licensing agreement for the printwear channel in the U.S. and Canada.

Gildan owns and operates vertically integrated, large-scale manufacturing facilities which are primarily located in Central America, the Caribbean, North America, and Asia. Gildan operates with a strong commitment to industry-leading labour, environmental and governance practices throughout its supply chain in accordance with its comprehensive ESG program embedded in Gildan's long-term business strategy. Together with our global team of dedicated employees, Gildan is united in its vision of Making Apparel Better®. Discover the full scale of Gildan and prepare to be surprised at gildancorp.com.

The Brand Advisor will be responsible for representing the brand across the UK blank apparel market, building strong relationships with printwear accounts, driving brand awareness, and supporting sales growth. This is a field-based role requiring frequent travel, excellent relationship skills, independent territory journey planning and management.
The successful candidate will manage their own diary and appointments, visit 10-15 accounts per week, and act as the face of the Gildan brand to garment decorators across their assigned territory.
 

The role

Territory & Account Management

• Visit and engage with 10-15 customer accounts each week across your assigned UK territory.
• Build and maintain strong, long-lasting relationships with decorators, and printwear clients.

• Plan, manage and optimize your own diary of appointments and travel efficiently.

Brand Representation & Growth

• Promote the Gildan product range, brand values, and product benefits with confidence and professionalism.
• Deliver product presentations, training, and support at customer sites and relevant trade events.

• Identify growth opportunities within existing accounts and help open new business doors.

Sales & Reporting

• Support achievement of weekly and monthly activity, sales, and growth targets.
• Provide timely sales, territory, and competitor insights back to the team.
• Prepare clear reports on visits, trends and opportunities.

Market & Customer Insight

• Stay up to date with industry trends, customer needs and competitor activity.
• Feedback marketplace intelligence to inform strategy and product focus. 

The requirements

• Experience in field sales, brand ambassadorship, account management or B2B customer engagement, ideally in apparel, textiles, printwear, promotional products, or related sectors; although not essential.
• Strong communicator with excellent presentation and relationship-building capabilities.
• Comfortable managing your own schedule and working independently on the road.

• Able to travel extensively across allotted territory and adapt to a field-based role.

• Full, clean valid UK driver's license.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and meet weekly targets.
• Resilient, proactive, entrepreneurial and commercially minded.

• Professional, enthusiastic, and confident when interacting with customers.

• Knowledge of the printwear/decorated apparel market would be considered an asset.

• Experience running product demos or training sessions in a B2B environment would also be considered an asset.

• 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 are committed to ensuring that everyone, across every background and identity, feels respected, supported, and able to thrive. Come as you are and #FindYourFit at Gildan. Tailor the future of your own career.