Junior Wholesale Manager

Type: Trainee
Region: London

Job Description

Title: Junior Wholesale Manager

Reporting to: Senior Commercial Manager

Date: June 2024

The Brand

Anya Hindmarch founded her business in London in 1987 and it has since grown into a global brand. Today, it is as known for its luxury, organisation-obsessed accessories as it is for its groundbreaking work in sustainability and its playful experiential retail concepts. Creativity, modern craftsmanship and personalisation sit at the heart of everything Anya Hindmarch does.

The brand is committed to creating responsibly, and constantly strives to innovate to reduce its impact on the earth, while also using its platform to drive education and discussion around sustainability. Testament to this are projects such as I Am A Plastic Bag, The Universal Bag – a unique collaboration with supermarkets to rethink the reusable shopping bag, and Return to Nature, a collection of bags which are intended to biodegrade and compost at the end of their useful life. The work around sustainability continues, paying heed to the mantra, ‘progress, not perfection.’

Anya Hindmarch launched the Village on Pont Street in London’s Chelsea in 2021. This is a community of neighbouring stores and a cafe. Ever evolving, it centres around the Village Hall, which hosts innovative concepts, collaborations and exhibitions, all of which are amplified digitally. These have included a fruit and veg store, a hairdresser, a Christmas Grotto, a dry off licence, A. Houndmarch dog butchers, a Summer Shop and recently opened the much-anticipated Ice Cream Store. and a garden centre.

Responsibilities

Assisting Snr Commercial Manager and wider team

Management of the EMEA territory partners

Monitor, weekly sales and stock levels

Weekly overcommitted management in SAP

Communicate strategy to accounts regarding merchandising, markdowns and orders/reorders

Partner with finance and operations to ensure proper credit, shipping, and bookings for each customer

Liaise internally with marketing, ecommerce and production to ensure assets and samples are available to wholesale accounts

Perform daily review of shipments, orders, changes in distribution and deliveries for each account. Secure and ensure timely fulfilment of all orders.

Cultivate, develop and maintain relationships with new and existing EMEA accounts

During market weeks (at our showroom and/or virtual showroom) work with partners to conduct appointments, ensure the correct product mix per account, exclusives, and timely order confirmations

Creating line sheets, managing Joor product uploads

Collect and collate weekly sell-through data

Manage communications and feedback between accounts and internal partners in Sales, Design and Production

Regularly travel to retailers to ensure proper in-store execution

Contribute positively to team dynamic and manage up where necessary

Personal qualities & qualifications

5 years’ experience in fashion wholesale

Educated to degree level(desirable)

Outstanding organisational skills and ability to prioritise to meet deadlines

A team player, able to multitask and work in a dynamic and reactive environment.

Strong analytical skills

Sales-oriented with excellent negotiation skills

Computer literatein Microsoft Office,particularly Excel

SAP and JOOR systems knowledge are desirable

Fluent spoken and written English. Additional languages would be an advantage – especially Italian or French