Your New Job Title: German or French speaking Merchandising Manager

Location: Not necessarily based in UK, but they need to manage the showroom in London and keep presentation materials at their home office. Remote working or WFH is considered.

Status: Permanent

Who you'll be working for: Our client is a global textile and apparel manufacturer.

To be successful in this role our client has said it is essential that candidates: 

• are fluent in both German/French and English
• have Sales & Marketing experience in Accessories, Trims and Packaging Material
• have Bachelor degree or above
• are happy to travel 50% of the time to Europe

If that means this job isn’t a match for you please view our other vacancies for one that may be a better fit.

Merchandising Manager - What You'll be Doing Each Day:

• Customers' relationship management
• Required to prepare Market research and EU market study on a regular basis to provide brands' and market updates to the team
• Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills to build relationship and partnership with people at different level in organizations
• Extensive travel in UK/Europe Sense of urgency and high degree of professionalism is required (50% of the time)
• Required to prepare Market research and EU market study on a regular basis to provide brands' and market updates to the team
• Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills to build relationship and partnership with people at different level in organizations

Merchandising Manager - The Skills You'll Need to Succeed:

• Multi-lingual, Fluent in English and German or French.
• Bachelor degree or above
• Solid Sales & Marketing experience in Accessories, Trims and Packaging Material
• Explore new customers to build and penetrate strong sales presence in European market
• Aggressive, Proactive, Self motivated, Business driven and Results Oriented
• Strong sales skills with proven track record of achieving goals and exceeding sales targets
• Excellent networking skills with extensive networking in Apparel, Accessories, Trims and Packaging field would be an advantage
• Ability to develop and implement Sales strategy and Business plan for EU market to align with company's growth plan and business goals

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We would be grateful if you could send your CV as a Word document. If your application is successful, you will be contacted within 7 days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs. Please note that we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the UK and are able to provide relevant supporting documentation.

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