Wholesale Manager

**Wholesale Manager**
- 'Recruiting for your future success’_

Our client is a women’s clothing brand that was founded in 2009 and based in Loughton. They have built a strong community feel with their customers, and their fantastic customer service is something they are extremely proud of. Due to looking to expand ontheir growing, creative team, they are now looking for a Wholesale Manager.

**Wholesale Manager**

**| Negotiable DOE |**Full Time | Loughton | Office Based | 9am-5.30pm | Self-Driven | Ambitious | Dedicated |

The Wholesale Manager position will drive and manage the Global Wholesale business with long term business objectives in mind. The role will help to drive sales, profitability and brand awareness worldwide in accordance with the brand strategy.

**Duties (to include but are not limited too)**:

- Direct management of all major WS accounts, maintaining and building new relationships
- Managing an assistant/team to manage the timeline of the wholesale window ensuring all partners receive correct stock by style/unit level
- Responsible for managing an assistant/team to overseeing all pre-shipping requirements from vendors
- Create weekly reporting to rest of business on wholesale sell through/feedback/launches and any issues
- Organise and present the range on a monthly basis to partners
- Effectively sell and educate our partners about the features, benefits, versatility of brand products
- Follow up with partners on orders resulting from sales meeting & to achieve budgets set by management
- New business development
- Successfully take on new partners and grow new territories world-wide
- Work alongside the management team to build WS business and maximise sales opportunities
- Always ensuring that the brand is presented globally in the best light and communication
- As well as direct wholesale, you’d manage the B2B site
- Achieving/exceeding budgets set
- Researching and introducing new boutiques world-wide

**Person Specification**:

- Minimum 3 years’ experience working in a Head Office WS Retail position
- Excellent communication skills both externally and at all levels internally, both written and verbal (good telephone manner)
- Ability to work well under pressure & prioritise tasks
- Strong organization & administration skills
- Enthusiastic, confident and self-motivated
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an eye for detail and accuracy
- Willing to adapt and take on new challenges; and driven to continually improve
- Proficient in analysing numbers and providing accurate feedback

LIGHTHOUSE PERSONNEL LTD ARE A RECRUITMENT AGENCY WORKING ON BEHALF OF A CLIENT.

PLEASE NOTE WE RECEIVE A LARGE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS PER VACANCY AND UNFORTUNATELY CANNOT RESPOND TO ALL APPLICANTS. THEREFORE, IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD FROM US WITHIN A MONTH FROM APPLICATION DATE, IT IS LIKELY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.

If you have been successful, we will contact you by the phone and begin taking you through our step by step recruitment process, doing our utmost to ensure the role is right for you, ascertaining your suitability in the process. This process will all beexplained on initial contact.