SELECTED HOMME | Country Sales Manager (UK)
BESTSELLER is a long-established, family owned, international Danish Fashion Company, operating since 1975. We are searching for a
Country Sales Manager to work within our London office and showrooms in Spitalfields, London.
SELECTED HOMME | Country Sales Manager (UK)
SELECTED HOMME is about responsibility and confidence. Two great qualities we look for in our colleagues at BESTSELLER.
We have an exciting and unique opening as a Country Sales Manager for SELECTED HOMME UK. This is a great opportunity working on men’s fashion for an International Nordic Brand. With a strong and well-respected customer base we are looking to grow this further whilst adding new customers.
TEAM SELECTED HOMME
A tight knit team of two with a real sense of togetherness working on HOMME. Our focus is to be the best partner for our customers working with integrity and a strong sense of entrepreneurship. Alongside the UK you will also be part of the international brand team working closely with our Danish colleagues.
YOUR ROLE:
As our Country Sales Manager, you are the driving force for creating growth in your brands performance.
Your overall responsibility is to ensure the continuous growth with our wholesale customers through developing and executing your brands sales strategies and concepts. You inspire, train and motivate others to strengthen and develop your brands position in our market. Working in close cooperation with all departments, to ensure that our products and price range meet the needs of our customers, and the orders are always processed efficiently and effectively.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:
With support and development, you will focus on being the best partner to your independent accounts, building a close and constructive dialogue with them.
You will focus on being the best business partner to your key accounts. You will manage your accounts like your own business, focusing on creating growth opportunities within the brand. More specifically, your responsibilities will include:
- Set and achieve seasonal sales targets, collection budgets and business goals
- Developing, executing and continuously reviewing the growth strategy in collaboration with each customer and your team
- Manage and motivate a team of sales representatives, providing coaching, support, and leadership.
- Lead the team in collection meetings, in the showroom and digitally
- Provide the brand with product feedback and market demands for the brands collections
- Ensure understanding of ongoing sales targets and business performance, tracking and reacting on a weekly basis.
- Identifying and engaging new business opportunities to grow the brand with both existing and new customers
- Be a key communicator, managing the flow and provide market updates between all departments in the UK, Denmark and with our Country Manager.
- To travel regularly nationally and internationally to visit customers and attend collection meetings.
YOUR LEADERSHIP STANDARDS:
- Set objectives and prioritise tasks
- Empower and follow up
- Grow team members
- Review and strengthen performance
- Select team members and build the tea
YOUR PROFILE:
We hire for attitude and train for skill. We are looking for high energy and proactive mindset to create a real impact on the SELECTED HOMME team results. In addition to this, we are looking for someone who has:
- Strong sales skills, and both results & people oriented.
- Pro-active, entrepreneurial spirit with strong organisational skills.
- Knowledge of the fashion and/or retail industry is considered a plus.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Full UK driving license
Your Benefits
- You will become part of an ambitious BESTSELLER family culture where new ideas are welcome and are quickly turned into action.
- Access to our endless digital training platform
- Clothing discounts across our 20+ brands
- 14.30 Friday finish
- Competitive pension contributions
- International travel
- Health & Wellbeing benefits
- …and more!
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU
If this opportunity is of interest to you, please don’t hesitate to apply. We provide equal opportunities for everyone irrespective of gender, age, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, disability or religious background; creating an empowering environment where people can thrive and develop. For more information, visit www.about.bestseller.com.
If you require any reasonable adjustments for your interview process, please do not hesitate to let us know.
About Selected
Based in Denmark, SELECTED is an international brand for men and women, providing modern consumers a unique offering of style and craftmanship at an attractive price point. We always strive to add an edgy touch to our progressive styles and aim to offer collections that can be the base to any wardrobe, always in sync with the current tendencies. We aim for quality over quantity, which is why sustainability is a main focus for us. Every collection should be more sustainable than the last. This underlines the responsibility we take for our future environmental footprint. With SELECTED you are never out of style but have a quality that is built to last. SELECTED is part of the worldwide fashion company BESTSELLER. For more information, please go to www.selected.com or www.bestseller.com. 
