Trading Director
- Recruiter
- Confidential
- Location
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Newcastle Upon Tyne
North East EnglandUnited Kingdom
- Salary
- 160000.00 - 180000.00 GBP Annual + Benefits
- Posted
- 26 Apr 2022
- Closes
- 24 May 2022
- Job Title
- Associate Director
- Category
- Sales
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
You know this home retailer. Everyone does. It's a prestige brand, a brand that starts the UK trends that everyone will be following next year. As Trading Director, this is your chance to define the design identity and language of a brand that every competitor seeks to emulate.
You know what it takes to be a successful Trading Director for a brand built on service, innovation and peerless standards, rather than promotions and discounts. Our client is looking for someone who can lead the definition and build of a product range. It's a range that is confident and assured in its brand identity, customer proposition and price positioning, a range that will further build its reputation as the leader in the UK market.
Despite its market leading position, this is a brand that feels like a family. It's an extremely collaborative environment, because that's what attracts the best people to come onboard. You'll lead your team of around 30 in a similar vein.
This is an organisation undergoing a dramatic change, so it's an exciting place to be – and a place for a skilled, experienced Trading Director to really make their mark. To do that, you'll need to be within an easy commute of the company's head office, as you'll be working from there for a significant portion of your week.
As Trading Director, your responsibilities will include:
New product development:
Setting the design identity and language of the brand
Defining and building product ranges in line with brand identity, customer proposition and price positioning
Developing new products in partnership with external suppliers and the organisational supply chain
Product range management – collections, lifecycle, positioning
Maximising product range efficiency across customer segments
Ensuring highest levels of design expertise throughout Category management:
Controlling pricing hierarchy across customer segments
Running P&L, coordinating with sourcing for total range, COGS and pricing, and supplier promotional support
Responsibility for range introductions across categories
Managing range / product stocking levels and exit processes in line with lifecycleCommercial planning:
Responsibility for overall commercial planning, ensuring marketing, promotional and range introduction plans are integrated and managed appropriately to deliver sales plansAbout you
You'll need to:
Be a current trading director or equivalent
Have a successful track record in defining and building product ranges for premium brands
Be a collaborative leader, able to inspire and galvanise teams towards a goal
Be adept at building strong, productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Have the clarity of vision to define a strong design identity that inspires customers
Have the communication skills to articulate your vision
Possess the diligence, analytical skills and commercial acumen to deliver the full scope of the roleWhat's in it for you?
As Trading Director, you'll get:
A salary of GBP160,000 – GBP180,000 plus generous packageReady to apply for this Trading Director role?
Send us your most up to date CV now.
We're Zachary Daniels, a niche, national & international recruitment consultancy.
BBBH24123
You know what it takes to be a successful Trading Director for a brand built on service, innovation and peerless standards, rather than promotions and discounts. Our client is looking for someone who can lead the definition and build of a product range. It's a range that is confident and assured in its brand identity, customer proposition and price positioning, a range that will further build its reputation as the leader in the UK market.
Despite its market leading position, this is a brand that feels like a family. It's an extremely collaborative environment, because that's what attracts the best people to come onboard. You'll lead your team of around 30 in a similar vein.
This is an organisation undergoing a dramatic change, so it's an exciting place to be – and a place for a skilled, experienced Trading Director to really make their mark. To do that, you'll need to be within an easy commute of the company's head office, as you'll be working from there for a significant portion of your week.
As Trading Director, your responsibilities will include:
New product development:
Setting the design identity and language of the brand
Defining and building product ranges in line with brand identity, customer proposition and price positioning
Developing new products in partnership with external suppliers and the organisational supply chain
Product range management – collections, lifecycle, positioning
Maximising product range efficiency across customer segments
Ensuring highest levels of design expertise throughout Category management:
Controlling pricing hierarchy across customer segments
Running P&L, coordinating with sourcing for total range, COGS and pricing, and supplier promotional support
Responsibility for range introductions across categories
Managing range / product stocking levels and exit processes in line with lifecycleCommercial planning:
Responsibility for overall commercial planning, ensuring marketing, promotional and range introduction plans are integrated and managed appropriately to deliver sales plansAbout you
You'll need to:
Be a current trading director or equivalent
Have a successful track record in defining and building product ranges for premium brands
Be a collaborative leader, able to inspire and galvanise teams towards a goal
Be adept at building strong, productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Have the clarity of vision to define a strong design identity that inspires customers
Have the communication skills to articulate your vision
Possess the diligence, analytical skills and commercial acumen to deliver the full scope of the roleWhat's in it for you?
As Trading Director, you'll get:
A salary of GBP160,000 – GBP180,000 plus generous packageReady to apply for this Trading Director role?
Send us your most up to date CV now.
We're Zachary Daniels, a niche, national & international recruitment consultancy.
BBBH24123
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