Job Description
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Junior Account Manager to join this successful supplier covering ladies' tailoring and Outerwear for the UK High Street. Our client is an established supplier based in London, working with fast paced fashion brands in a dynamic and creative environment.
You must have experience working within the fashion industry, preferably with a supplier and be able to manage current live accounts and identify areas of growth with new customer bases.
For this role, you must have knowledge of women's fashion, manufacturing, fabric sourcing experience, and managing customer accounts.
Main Responsibilities Will Include:
- This role is to work under the Senior Account Manager supporting on main departments and managing some smaller accounts, by yourself
- Working closely with the design team developing products to sit in line with customers prices and lead time requirement
- Attending customer meetings and tracking development from initiation to order confirmation
- Liaising closely with the production team regarding costings
- Raising purchase orders and critical path management
- Proactively seeking opportunities across new product areas and customer bases
- Negotiating prices, margins, and lead times
- Fabric sourcing, attending fabric fairs and schedule meetings with mills/agents
Person Specifications:
- Must have a strong eye for product and an affiliation with design
- Must have worked in a suppliers
- Be good at building customer relationships
- Managing workload and prioritising efficiently
- Team player
