Sample Operations Lead - Fashion Brands

BoF Careers; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

BoF Careers is seeking a highly organised Sample Manager to oversee sample operations for Self-Portrait and Roland Mouret, ensuring accurate tracking, allocation and availability across seasonal collections and international markets.

The role requires close collaboration with Design, Product Development, Technical, Ecommerce, PR, VIP and international partners, plus strong organizational discipline to manage timelines and competing priorities.

Qualifications

• Experience in sample management, collection coordination or fashion operations.
• Ability to coordinate a team, delegate tasks and manage daily priorities.
• Proactive and creative approach to problem-solving and process improvement.
• Confident communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong understanding of the fashion collection lifecycle and development timelines.
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple collections and competing deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail and experience managing extensive inventories or product data.
• Launchmetrics experience

Responsibilities

• Oversee sample receipt, allocation, distribution, tracking and returns across both brands.
• Create the yearly sample timeline, forecast bottlenecks and allocate team resources accordingly
• Coordinate sample deliveries and handovers with Product Development, Sales and Technical teams.
• Manage sample inventories, ensuring accurate records of locations, availability and outstanding items.
• Oversee and plan sample and movements according to the sample timeline for international PR agencies, showrooms and regional partners.
• Oversee sample requests, send-outs and returns for PR, VIP, press and ecommerce.
• Maintain and optimise Launchmetrics Sample Manager, reporting tools and seasonal trackers.
• Coordinate daily team priorities, training and workload distribution.
• Work across departments to resolve operational issues, anticipate requirements and improve processes.

Skills

Sample management

Team coordination

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Fashion collection lifecycle

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Tools

Launchmetrics

Excel

Job description

BoF Careers is seeking a highly organised Sample Manager to oversee sample operations for Self-Portrait and Roland Mouret, ensuring accurate tracking, allocation and availability across seasonal collections and international markets.

The role requires close collaboration with Design, Product Development, Technical, Ecommerce, PR, VIP and international partners, plus strong organizational discipline to manage timelines and competing priorities.