Fashion & Textiles Sales Administrator

Are you a dynamic and enthusiastic individual eager to make a difference in a rapidly growing business? Kasmir Associates is proud to represent a leading home textile, fashion and other home products supplier for Entertainment, Gaming, Brands, and Sports across Europe, with a rich history spanning nearly 25 years.  Their mission is to be the Home and Lifestyle solution for Brands globally, and we are seeking a passionate Sales Support Executive to join their vibrant team.

Due to an internal promotion, they are seeking a Sales Support Executive, you will be the front-line support for our UK, EMEA, and GSA sales channels. Working closely with and supporting the  Head of National Account Support, you will play a crucial role in managing service and back-office sales support aspects for the team. Here's what you can expect:

• Work closely with an account manager, attending meetings, and immersing yourself in all areas of account activity, focusing on UK sales channels such as Primark, Matalan, B&M, The Range, Home Bargains, and Next.
• Manage customer expectations and critical path projects, ensuring seamless communication internally and externally.
• Utilize systems such as Prema and Excel to handle order books, produce reports on sales budgets, and manage customer pricing files.
• Act as the main point of contact for our sales teams, liaising directly with customers to provide support and maintain positive relationships.
• Producing quotations and presentations for the sales channels.
• To manage customer expectations in an effective and considered manner.
• To manage each customer’s critical path projects.
• Support in managing each sales channels order book.
• Organising samples for customers or the sales channels.
• Maintain all customer pricing files.
• Manage all customer NLF’s, image and content requests.
• Support on pricing/costings.
• Produce reports on sales budgets, performance, and margins for the sales channels.
• Liaise cross departmentally between PD, creative and merch to ensure the customer needs are met.
• Attend, support and present (where necessary) in customers meetings

To apply you will have:

• Sales support experience within an import/export/wholesale, textiles, fashion or product based business, ideally in textiles or home furnishings
• A recent graduate in fashion, merchandising or buying would be ideal as full training will be given
• Ideally experience in supporting retailers such as Primark, Next, Matalan, B&M, The Range, or Home Bargains (not essential but ideal)
• Confident knowledge of MS Excel including v-look ups

What’s on Offer:

• Monday – Wednesday office based and Thursday and Friday work from home (hybrid working)
• Free parking
• Hours of work are – 8 hours per day, with flexibility to start earlier i.e. 7-3, 8-4, 9-5, 10-6 and an earlier finish on a Friday (3 pm)
• 21days plus a day off for your birthday plus extra days over Christmas plus bank holidays
• Annual bonus scheme up to 10% of salary
• Discount on all products
• Casual dress
• Free parking
• Extensive career progression
• Full training
• A very sociable company with loads of nights out and other treats