Job Description
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Be competent at sales analysis and trading for website and Wholesale
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Seek opportunities for growth and margin improvement
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Communicating with suppliers, placing orders and managing delivery dates and logistics
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Negotiate buy alongside MD, understanding componentry required
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Running weekly stock reports on Dear Inventory to manage stock levels, sharing this with relevant members of the team
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Sales and stock reporting and analysis. Week, month, season, annual.
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Manage out of stocks
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Deliver best seller reports for business to support buy depths, trading and general analysis
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Use Shopify reporting to help decision making process on web.
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Mange development, booking and delivery of stock.
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Ownership of critical path for new products, managing supply base for seasonal deliveries
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Deliver seasonal planning with support of MD. Produce company plans at weekly level from April 2025
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Keep detailed RP by season, using as company stock bible and reference point
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Pricing - timings and costings for in house products
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Comp shops to ensure our RRP’s are in line with comp and support in re sourcing product where needed.
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Create & manage price architecture
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Costing and negotiating prices for external suppliers
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Raising POs, liaising with suppliers and Knit Shop
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Ordering materials and knitted fabric
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Managing priority list and QC for seamstress priority list
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Setting SKU and supplies up on system, putting stock into system, transfers etc
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Checking invoices from a stock point of view, raising invoices, raising manual invoices
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Shipping – analyse shipping costs, negotiate terms, liaising with courier account managers and negotiating best rates for wholesale and web
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Logistics - getting quotes for large shipments from Europe & China, arranging imports, handling duties
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Bespoke projects - point of contact for anything bespoke - having calls and email correspondence with customers, liaising with design and seamstresses, planning in sampling and production into our production schedule, costings timeframes.
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Wholesale pricing – setting currency conversions, creating pricelists and order forms for wholesale
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Researching anything .gov related, commodity codes, any import/export requirements and ensure all info is accessible and clear for the team
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Odering any material or supplies for the production team and products (cushion pads, threads, zips, stuffing)
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Manage product cashflow spreadsheet
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Arranging any testing, certification etc
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Licensing and royalty contracts - drawing up contracts as required, checking over any licensing agreements that come in, point of contact.
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Setting up any new systems, processes, maintaining inventory system, contracts etc.
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Covering Web and wholesale roles when on holiday, or during busy periods
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Manage sample tracker to track stock
Skills Required
· Methodical and Organised
. Competent on Cin 7 and Shopify
· Calm and good with people
· Ability to multi task
· Problem solving
· Good communication skills
· Negotiation skills
· Excellent Excel skills