Franchise & Wholsesale Trading Manager

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    "description": "<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Who we are:</span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Agent Provocateur, founded in 1994 in Soho, is a pioneering luxury lingerie brand known for fearless femininity and boundary-pushing design. Created by women and made for everyone, it uses exclusive fabrics, intricate details and bold storytelling to redefine empowered sensuality. With a global presence and boutiques in London, New York, LA and Paris, its decadent collections continue to challenge convention.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Purpose of the post:</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Responsibility for management of Franchise and Wholesale partnerships. Ownership of end-to-end processes across onboarding new partners and channels, sales and presentation of new collections, fulfillment of orders, trading and planning. Owner of the relationship between Agent Provocateur and Franchise Partner/Wholesale Customer. 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Highlight actions within weekly trade to the Head of Franchise &amp; Wholesale.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Build seasonal Open to Buy Plans and work with Partners to agree and work to aligned planning frameworks.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Build and maintain knowledge for each Franchise market understanding sales mixes across business metrics, for eg Category and Seasonality. Constant review of weekly sales at size and product level.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Proactively ensure re-orders are maximised through effective review of weekly sales. Maintain department KPI to ensure re-orders are fulfilled.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">With the Head of Franchise &amp; Wholesale, review of Partner Forward Orders to ensure they align to seasonal plans and metrics. Maximise the opportunity across categories and collections. Propose actions to orders to protect the opportunity.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Working with the AP Merchandising team and Partner, build opening stock packages for new territories outside of Forward Orders. Ensure opening packages are optimised to realise each opportunity.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Ensure Brand consistency via visual display and web placement. Work with the Agent Provocateur Visual Merchandising team to support this.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Drive weekly, quarterly and/or seasonal trade reviews with Partners and Wholesale customers. Identify actions to drive sales and relationships.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Maintain commercial acumen behind all actions and decisions made.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Regularly visit Partner stores and regions to support relationship management and drive sales.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Selling Campaign &amp; Critical Path Management: </span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Full management of order system JOOR, including seasonal digital collection presentation, order import and end/in- season reporting. </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Manage and support the critical path selling campaign process. </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Commercially, manage the process of selling, to ensure we sell collections via sample sets showcasing product in its optimum.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Effectively present and sell our collections to set up for success and meet agreed sales targets.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Order &amp; Delivery Management: </span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Seasonal order book management for Partners via our in-house order systems. Oversee process of order confirmations, invoices, debits and credits. </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Oversee allocations for Partners, ensuring 100% fulfilment. Daily review of available stock working to collection and shipping parameters. </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Responsible for proactively ensuring there are no shortfalls or stock loss. </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Minimise any excess stock to identify and action accordingly. Manage weekly review of the stock. </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Communication of deliveries, delays and updates back to Partners on an ongoing basis. </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Oversee dispatches to partners ensuring on time handovers/deliveries. </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Ensure all export documentation is compliant to the Country of delivery. </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Oversee invoicing process for Partners. Ensure all invoices are accurate and sent on time, in accordance with financial calendars. </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Liaison between Credit Control and Finance teams to facilitate accurate and timely shipments within credit limits. </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Internal liaison with Logistics team and direct liaison with warehouses located in EU, US and UK. </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Oversee and manage the weekly order status report updating the Head of Franchise &amp; Wholesale of any changes. </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Via the weekly delivery meeting, identify any delivery changes to determine best course of action to minimise loss to orders. </span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Other: </span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Support marketing activations and seasonal plans. Work closely with the Retail &amp; Partnerships Marketing Manager to ensure we maximise opportunities with Franchise Partners and share best practice. </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Liaison with product teams, sharing detailed seasonal product feedback. Update the wider business as and when required. </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Review of the Department Inbox and Joor networking tool to highlight and follow up on potential stockists and Franchise requests. </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Maintain Franchise Guideline packs and practice governance, where possible, to ensure Partners are adhering to framework. </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Maintain department guides and manuals to support the internal, best practice of the team. </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Supervision, management and development of the Sales Executive. Assign tasks and priorities to effectively manage deadlines, execution of standards and productivity. </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Share best practice within the Franchise &amp; Wholesale team leading with example and offering development/training where relevant. </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">An excellent communicator, able to get best out of internal and external relationships.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Benefits:</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">25 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays each year</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Generous staff discount across a variety of brands</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Auto-enrolment into the company pension scheme</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Cycle-to-work scheme</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Seasonal ticket loan</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Charity time-bank scheme</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Ability to purchase additional annual leave</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>",
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