About the role
Accelerating expansion across key sectors, this position focuses on growing revenue and building lasting relationships for an established, design-led brand.It requires an autonomous, results-driven professional capable of presenting creative products and securing valuable stockist partnerships. You will represent the brand across boutique retail, tourism, and hospitality markets.
Offering flexible working hours within a full-time structure, the position provides substantial autonomy to identify commercial targets, schedule meetings, and convert prospective accounts.
What you'll do
- Identify, approach, and secure new business opportunities across retailers, boutique hotels, and tourism businesses.
- Arrange and conduct sales meetings to present product collections and convert prospective leads into active stockists.
- Manage end-to-end client relationships, ensuring consistent communication, proactive account management, and reliable coordination of orders.
- Achieve agreed monthly sales targets to drive profitability, new trade acquisition, and repeat replenishment orders.
- Represent the design-led brand with professionalism and an understanding of visual presentation and aesthetics.
- Adapt to evolving business priorities and take initiative on sales growth within a growing enterprise.
Essential Requirements
- Proven sales, business development, wholesale, or account management experience, ideally gained within retail, lifestyle, gifting, or hospitality environments.
- Demonstrated track record in new business development, lead conversion, and proactive client prospecting without requiring constant supervision.
- Strong commercial acumen with an understanding of sales targets, margins, and the mechanics of generating repeat trade business.
- Exceptional organisation and relationship-building abilities to coordinate orders and maintain ongoing client communication.
- A natural appreciation for design, product aesthetics, and creative visual presentation.
- Adaptable, hands-on mindset suited to working inside an agile, small business environment.
- Valid driver's licence and access to a reliable vehicle.
Desirable Requirements
- Prior sales experience working with premium retail, design-led lifestyle brands, homeware, or gifting products.
- Existing business network or connections within retail, hospitality, tourism, or corporate gifting sectors.
- Background, practical experience, or active interest in graphic design, styling, visual merchandising, or related creative fields.
- Interest in retail trends, product development, and identifying avenues for custom collections or new product ranges.
- Practical experience in managing wholesale accounts and handling retailer replenishment processes.
What we offer
- Commission on sales exceeding agreed monthly targets.
- Company petrol card provided for work-related business travel.
- Flexible working hours supporting autonomous, results-focused output.
Please note
We know how much effort goes into every application. While we would love to respond to every one, the volume we receive makes this difficult. Our highest placement success is with candidates who have 3+ years of relevant experience. Parenting breaks don't count against you. If you have not heard from us within 21 days, we have been unable to move forward with your application for this role.