Wholesale Account Executive

Arddun Agency are a London based Womenswear wholesale agency in Angel, London specialising in the Luxury and Advanced Contemporary world. Founded in 2020 we have grown quickly and already have a proven track record of launching brands successfully internationally as well as being great partners to our brands and well regarded by our retail partners. We have big ambitions and aggressive growth plans and are looking for the right candidates to help us execute all we aim to achieve.

We are a small but fast-growing team that is close-knit and we aim to provide a nurturing and enjoyable place to work. We are looking for a candidate that shares our core values of being humble, hungry, and inquisitive.

Job Responsibilities:

• Support the Wholesale Manager in building out the wholesale sales forecast by brand and by account prior to each sales campaign
• Book in all wholesale appointments for each sales campaign ensuring all key accounts and existing customers are booked in
• Lead sales appointments and support the Sales Manager in key appointments (digitally and in person)
• Ensure all information needed is passed on to retailers in order to receive sales orders in a timely manner
• Receive and collate all wholesale orders and file them in a format that is easy to share with each brand
• Ensure each retailer's terms are negotiated as best as possible to protect each brand in terms of sell-through guarantees and trade discounts
• Ensure all feedback, good and bad, is noted and collated to be shared with each brand
• Oversee and ensure the sales order overview is kept up to date and accurate
• Ensure each new account is successfully set up with the relevant brand in a timely and organised manner
• Work with your Sales Manager and in-house merchandising team to build and present end of season sales reports that can be shared internally and with brand partners
• Support where needed to ensure shipments go out in a timely manner
• Liaise with the relevant PR, Marketing, and Comms teams to connect brand and retailer to maximise all sales opportunities
• Work closely with your manager to seek out and develop commercial opportunities including exclusives, capsules, and collaboration projects for the brands in the portfolio
• Gather weekly sell-through reports across top stores and collate information to be presented in weekly sell-through reports
• Review weekly sell-through reports to identify any opportunities or concerns to be shared with the brand and acted upon
• Work closely with each brand to ensure fluid communication across email, in-person, and video call catch-ups
• Build strong personal relationships with each brand
• Support where needed on global showroom admin
• Be willing to travel to our various showrooms and do so independently
• Manage wholesale admin, temporary staff, and interns in the wholesale team
• Ensure the database is kept up to date, accurate, and secure
• Ensure wholesale files are organised and easy to navigate
• Build and maintain key relationships with retailers
• Conduct store training frequently in UK stores and, where possible, internationally

Candidate Experience:

• 3+ years in Luxury and Advanced Contemporary wholesale
• Experience internationally
• Excellent understanding of Excel
• Independent and capable of managing own schedule, travel, and diary
• Experience in managing a team member
• Analytically minded
• Impeccable attention to detail