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Manage all major wholesale accounts, maintaining and building new relationships.

Successfully take on new accounts and actively develop any opportunities across multiple regions.

Negotiate and manage agreements with any partnerships to grow the business by maximising sales and improving profitability.

Forecast by style and ensure successful sell-in to projected numbers.

Create weekly and monthly reporting to rest of business providing any feedback, themes or comments from partners.

Managing the timeline of the wholesale window ensuring all partners receive correct stock.

Coordinate sales planning with all the merchandising team.

Work closely with finance understand payment issues related to accounts.

Build positive relationships and maintain communication with buyers, to make sure any feedback from retailers is passed on and represented in rebuys/newness.

Analyse sell-throughs, promptly offering reorders and making sure all partnerships are as optimised as possible.

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Attend workshops and fashion industry events led by experts to develop my learning.

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To use a range of resources such as research insights from Index reports and case studies, connections with potential employers though Linkedin and future opportunities.

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Business Of Fashion podcast is known as one the one of the most reliable and up to date fashion industry going ons, according to Hess (2021) on the Vogue website.

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To interact with people of interest to help guide and advise me into the fashion marketing industry

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Minimum experience in similar role preferred; 3rd/4th year student within Marketing, Communication Management, Sports/Fashion Management or other related fields

Fluency in Spanish and English, with excellent verbal and written communication skills

Good knowledge and understanding of MS-Office and KeyNote

Well-organized, communicative and eager to contribute to team success

Strong interest in digital/social media – connected to new technologies

Good knowledge, deep connection and understanding of fashion, music, skate, art and pop culture

Multitasking capable, managing information skills, problem-solving oriented and creative

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A minimum of 2 years-experience in a wholesale sales role in a fashion brand.

Experience managing budgets and sticking to them.

Comfortable leading your own projects effectively.

You have extremely strong verbal and written communication skills.

Grade A sales skills, a love of telling the brand story and closing a deal.

Proven experience in converting prospects to confirmed orders.

Ability to demonstrate managing partnerships, onboarding key accounts, and executing successful partnerships.

Confidence presenting.

Experience working with global markets, USA specifically.

Able to travel to visit partners as and when the business needs.

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Support in office coordination

Support online and offline local activation execution and reporting

Coordinate daily product orders and shipments

Coordinate retail seasonal campaign artwork requests and physical execution

Support product placement and seeding activities in collaboration with Marketing Lead

Support ADV campaign executions

Be our eyes and ears on the ground

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Previous experience working in a similar role across Content, including an Ecommerce or Marketing background

People management experience to lead and support the team

A user-first approach that allows you to tailor content and communications to specific audience segments and profiles

An understanding of new and upcoming technologies and how these can impact and improve our businesses as well as content management systems and HTML

Knowledge of how content effectively aligns with SEO strategy, and a willingness to partner closely with marketing counterparts to drive results.

Experience leading on innovation and improvement projects

Stakeholder management across various levels, a clear and confident communicator

Creative, passionate, agile thinker who can think outside of the box to solve problems and provide solutions

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Support the Content Lead with creating a digital content strategy, looking at Debenhams (and brands) long term opportunities and trends and focussing on consistency between digital channels (site, app, email)

Management of the Content team, coaching, mentoring and supporting team members to deliver their best work & grow their careers whilst supporting on BAU and seasonal changes of content on our website.

Provide regular performance feedback & check in’s for direct reports.

Building content for our channels including brand scrollers, banners, carasouels, seasonal branded pages, promotions etc. Ensuring the team act as a central hub of content distribution to all channels to keep consistency, working across 6 brands.

Reporting on performance and results of content

Involved in the planning of the home page’s across different sites based on seasonal & promotions and ensuring this compliments the vision of the Brand Marketing team

Have a knowledge of localisation and what would be suitable content for International websites during various seasons, aligned with the Marketing calendar

Development and creation of a digital content calendar that drives commercial outcomes.

Liaise with the CRM team to brief in and build e-mail marketing campaigns and ensuring this is consistent with the other digital platforms

Through data insights, be able to identify and act on opportunities where content can deliver greater customer value.

Supporting with new technology and any automation projects to improve our sites & platforms, customer experience and innovation initiatives.

Work with Brand Marketing, Creative, UX and Development teams

Support the Content Lead on any projects related to building a seemless end-to-end customer journey across the channels.

Actively build and maintain relationships with cross-functional teams and stakeholders and collaborate across various projects.

Work in conjunction with the Legal Team to ensure content remains legally compliant.

Commercially aware to ensure we are continuously making our websites and digital platforms a great customer experience

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WHAT IS THE GRADUATE FASHION FOUNDATION MENTORING PROGRAMME?

The Mentoring Programme aims to provide support as you enter the fashion industry by pairing you with a longterm, highly-skilled industry mentor for 1 year. The mentoring panel for the programme, is comprised up of executive professionals from the fashion industry, within areas such as retail, design, manufacturing, business management, PR, media, marketing, legal, and recruitment to name but a few.

Mentors and mentees will touch base every 2 months for in-depth mentoring sessions, either on Zoom or in person when possible.

The Mentoring Programme is open to all Class of 2023 graduates, from courses who are members of the Graduate Fashion Foundation, at any stage of job hunting or employment. Mentors will help with many areas including: next career steps, identifying goals and targets, work practices, portfolios, CVs, interview techniques, launching a business, and launching a brand.

KEY DATES:
Mentoring Applications Open: Monday 25th September 2023 Mentoring Applications Close: Monday 6th November 2023 Applicants will be selected and assigned their mentors to begin a mentorship in January 2024.
HOW DOES THE GFF MENTORING PROGRAMME WORK?

Here at the GFF we believe that the Mentoring Programme, together with our dedicated mentors, can improve the experience of our talented graduates as they take their first steps into the fashion industry. The programme aims to improve the skills of talented graduates, helping them towards achieving successful careers, boosting employability, and enriching the fashion industry.

We will pair successful graduate applicants with a mentor, based on their application form and pre-screening. Mentors will provide the graduates with advice, guidance, and career support over 12 months.

WHAT WILL THE MENTORS HELP WITH?

Help graduates with their next career steps

Supporting the graduate with the move towards employment

Support the graduate to identify goals and targets to work towards in order to achieve aspirations

Advice on best work practices and professional approach

Help sharpen graduate's CV and interview techniques

Offer support and motivation

Advice on overcoming obstacles and being in a professional environment

Sharing personal experiences

Signpost to other support resources, connect with their network

THINGS TO CONSIDER BEFORE YOU APPLY:
Before completing the application form please ensure you have read all of the details above, explaining the programme in detail, and the level of commitment required.
When completing your application, please complete the form in as much detail as possible, this will help us to match you to one of our mentors.

This scheme does require you to commit for the full 12-month period, including scheduling appointments, and timely attendance to calls and meetings with your mentors, as well as staying in touch with the GFF team.

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GFF Mentoring Programme - Graduate Fashion Foundation

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The Mentoring Programme aims to provide support as you enter the fashion industry by pairing you with a longterm, highly-skilled industry mentor for 1 year. The mentoring panel for the programme, is comprised up of executive professionals from the fashion industry, within areas such as retail, design, manufacturing, business management, PR, media, marketing, legal, and recruitment to name but a few.

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Gabrielle Shiner-Hill

Gabrielle Shiner-Hill is a highly skilled textile and fashion designer and product developer who has worked in the manufacturing industry for over fifteen years.

The last ten years working for global manufacturers Dewhirst and Esquel has given her exceptional insight into international fabric sourcing and global manufacturing routes. Her role as Design Manager at Dewhirst has equipped her with an unrivalled ability to take a product from initial concept all the way through to garment on hanger.

Her customers have included Ted Baker, Fred Perry, Burberry, Next, Marks & Spencer, Target Australia, Country Road, Thomas Pink, Tesco and Adidas. Her experience working with factories in countries including Portugal, Turkey, Morocco, China, Bangladesh, Taiwan, Vietnam, Cambodia and Indonesia means she is an expert at communicating with a varied supply base.

Many years presenting to financiers, directors and heads of design, has given Gabrielle excellent presentation skills and the ability to make a design proposal accessible to the non-creative. Gabrielle has also taught a textiles course at FIT in New York and lectured at international trade shows.

In 2016 Gabrielle launched her fashion and textile consultancy shinerhilldesign offering a service to brands that want to create a new product or create their existing product more effectively. shinerhilldesign offers knowledgeable, customer driven, transparent product development.

Gabrielle spent four years in New York working for the industry leading textile design software company Pointcarré and training Polo Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Li & Fung, Glen Raven, Calvin Klein Home, Columbia Sportswear, Eddie Bauer and Ecko Unlimited. Making her an expert at applying software design solutions into the creative field, Gabrielle is now the sole UK trainer of Pointcarré. Gabrielle's extensive CAD experience covers woven (Dobby & Jacquard), Knit and Print including layers, repeat creation, halftones and watercolour effect.

Originally a weaver with a lifelong passion for textiles Gabrielle is all about the fabric, this partnered with Gabrielle's innate understanding of the critical path allows her to design and develop products with clarity and expertise.

Design led product development skills:

- Market research
- Fabric design
- Fashion design
- Palette consultation
- Range planning
- Interpreting a brief from a client
- Setting a brief for suppliers / communicating effectively with your supply base
- Leadtime and critical path management
- Trim design, advice and sourcing support
- Costings guidance
- Suitability of fabric for end use
- Specialist in CAD for textiles and fashion
- Tech pack creation
- PLM experience
- Washing processes
- Finishing techniques

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Gabrielle Shiner-Hill is a highly skilled textile and fashion designer and product developer who has worked in the manufacturing industry for over fifteen years. The last ten years working for global manufacturers Dewhirst and Esquel has given her exceptional insight into international fabric sourcing and global manufacturing routes.