COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR

Work Location: Beijing, China

Do you have at least 10 years of experience in apparel design, buying or merchandising, especially in menswear?

Are you skilled in trend analysis, negotiation, coaching, retail, and design management and good at budget planning? Willing to join a leading European fashion group in China? Then this might be a great opportunity for you.

Job responsibilities:

Commercial:

• Identify Category trends and set design and fabric guidelines by category for Design and Buying teams. Implement findings in range plan, by season.
• Work closely with Finance, brand inventory team as well of Head of buying in the establishment of final range plan.
• Set up delivery plan for Jack & Jones offline and on-line collections both with Sales, buying and design teams.
• Be in the supply market, together with Head of buying develop new garment suppliers, spot new market trends.
• Join Design team in seasonal inspiration trips.
• Together with Head of Buying in charge of setting up seasonal fabric concept.
• Oversee Design process together with Brand director, eg overall concept, color and fabric.

Procurement and Buying:

• Management of category buying team, in charge of product development whole process, including fitting, bulk management, price, quality, lead time control etc.
• Drive product development by supporting the total design process and ensuring to bring the latest developments/techniques/fabrics.
• Order placement with suppliers includes negotiating purchase prices, quality and deliveries, etc. to meet KPI’s for margins, quality and lead-time/delivery on-time.
• Develop & execute a competitive production strategy (incl. speed to market in trends and repeats) and further develop supplier based to meet the objectives.
• Lead partnerships with cross functional departments/brands to develop long term strategies to achieve goals of the business with parameters of cost and quality targets and delivery schedules.
• Guarantee fit and quality remains at a high level and kept up-to-date.
• Together with JJ Head of buying develop new garment suppliers. Identify new supplier needs.
• Constantly looking for improving sales growth and sales-through in the brand’s multichannel network of retail shops and on-lines shops.

Skills

• Strong leadership
• Bachelor’s degree in textiles or proven track record in the fashion industry
• Ability to set priorities and work organized.
• Strong analytical skills and good business mindset
• Strong fashion sense and ability to implement new trends in the product development process.
• Strong negotiation skills
• Good English skills, both spoken and written.
• Eager to bring the best product to the shop floor.

Experience

• You have at least 10 years of relevant work experience in the area of Design, buying or merchandising, better in Menswear.
• Proven excellent leadership skills and strong management track-record.
• Hands-on product skills and skilled in the technical area

About Bestseller Fashion Group China

Bestseller Fashion Group China is a member of the Bestseller Group, Denmark, is considered to be the market leader in the mid-market for apparel in China with the brands: ONLY, JACK & JONES, VERO MODA, and J.Lindeberg. The company entered China in 1996 and today the company has more than 4,000 concept stores in 300+ cities in China, as well as having successful digital marketing and multichannel on-line presence.

For more info about Jack & Jones brand, pls. visit www.jackjones.com.cn

The BESTSELLER Group has about 10,000 stores in 39 countries, primarily in Europe, the Middle East, North America and China. For more information, please check out our websites: www.bestseller.com

Application:

Pls. send your application via our website by clicking on ‘’APPLY JOB’’ and follow the instructions. Please include the following documents:

1. Your updated CV, please include a personal photo, your family status, contact info etc.
2. Cover letter, please include your motivation, competences for this job and your personality.
3. A scanned copy of your education degree certificate

Application deadline: ASAP

Efficient Recruitment based in Denmark, handles this recruitment process for the company in Beijing. For more info or any questions regarding the position, please contact Jessi Ji by tel.: +45 6131 5847 or e-mail jj@erhr.dk.

We look forward to hearing from you soon!

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