Director, Wholesale
About The Position
Chloe is seeking a Director of Wholesale to lead the wholesale team in crafting and executing strategies to evolve and elevate the brand and drive growth through insightful commercial analysis and strong engagement at the point of sale. This entrepreneurial and motivated individual will collaborate effectively internally and externally to proactively drive sales through by door optimization of brand positioning, product assortment, inventory levels, presentation, in store real estate, sales team education and engagement, events and marketing. They will confidently and frequently present their business to leadership team. This hybrid position is based in the NY and will report to the Vice President of Wholesale.
Requirements
- 10+ years of applicable experience in a luxury fashion company or related field is ideal
- Bachelor's degree (B.S. or B.A.) from a four-year college or university
- Commercial awareness and strong business acumen is required
- Thrives in a high growth, fast paced and sometimes ambiguous environment; efficient, agile and adaptive to changing priorities.
- Passionate about exceeding goals and driving business through excellent in store and online execution
- Strong analytical skills (i.e. proficient in excel and retail math)
- Excellent organizational skills
- Strong communication skills both written and verbal
- Domestic and International Travel Required up to 30% of time
Responsibilities
- Expeditiously analyze, manage and drive all aspects of business by client/category/channel/store
- Create, analyze and interpret reporting to develop, present and execute strategic actions to drive sell in and sell out
- Work internally and externally to ensure key strategic brand objectives are cascaded and executed online and in stores
- Develop, manage and negotiate all open to buy budgets to meet company sales targets (internal and external)
- Proactively manage sales and inventory throughout the network to optimize sales and margin
- Cultivate an active relationship with with GMMs, DMMs, buyers, planners, store leadership and dedicated sales staff regarding product opportunities and risks, brand positioning, presentation and competitive business to inform key short and long term actions to optimize business
- Responsible to present collections in market and to oversee, review, process and manage all orders (core, fashion, reorders) as required
- Lead the wholesale team
- Partner with Operations, Customer Service and Accounts Receivable as needed
- Manage dedicated sales staff programs
- Collaborate with all internal stakeholders to ensure a strong and cohesive wholesale business across all channels
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision programs
- Health savings and flexible spending accounts
- life insurance, disability benefits
- 401(k) with employer match
- paid time off
- a wellness reimbursement benefit
- access to the employee assistance program
- volunteer days off
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
