Beauty Sales Manager

Established in 2018, NAMES is a pioneering sales and brand development consultancy built for a new world. Driven by thoughtful product and positioned at the intersection where innovation meets culture, NAMES acts as connector and creative communicator for a growing portfolio of influential brands across a range of categories.

The successful candidate will join the NAMES team based in its East London headquarters.

Key duties

• Building and maintaining the client network across the beauty segment by engaging and fostering relationships with key accounts, across Buying, Merchandising, and Marketing
• Driving, monitoring and optimising sales performance, providing communication support in a timely manner, maximising opportunities across markets
• Negotiating commercial terms, pricing, distribution, special projects, marketing activations and store installations
• Planning sales forecasting, exceeding company targets and maximising buying budgets while identifying strategic opportunities for growth and expansion
• Gaining a strong understanding of product knowledge, proactively exploring opportunities to up-sell and cross-sell across our brand portfolio
• Contribute ideas to enhance our digital wholesale platform to improve user experience and drive sales, maintaining in-depth knowledge of market trends, demographics and buyers needs, ensuring relevant commercial feedback is provided to the Management team
• Working closely with our Marketing, CRM and Creative team to create and execute commercial strategies to drive traffic and sales conversion on NAMES.LIFE

Skills/Qualifications:

• Key interest in the beauty retail sector, luxury fashion and business operations
• Previous experience in a beauty sales role is a plus
• Proven ability to handle pressure, multi-task and prioritise work on a daily basis
• Highly numerate, target-driven, commercially minded
• Strong communication skills, customer focus and adaptability to different personality types
• Strong organisational skills working both independently and as part of a team
• Proactive mindset and a creative thinker
• Strong analytical skills
• Salesforce experience and languages a plus

Benefits:

• Competitive salary aligned with experience
• Yearly bonus based on individual and company performance
• Dynamic and ambitious environment with the scope to grow into more senior roles