We are looking for a Business Development Associate to join our Marketplace team and help us manage our clientele. You will focus on growing and scaling our partner portfolio across all categories. As part of the front facing team of the company you will have the dedication and passion to create and develop strong relationships with new partners. You will be supporting the team identifying new partners and prepping negotiations and support for new sellers onto Debenhams.
Your Team
As an established and much-loved household name, you know all about our high street roots and bricks and mortar stores. In some way shape or form we've always had a concessionary offering. Now, we're looking to the future. We have over 10,000 partners live on our site and constantly striving for more becoming the number one destination for fashion, beauty, and home. Our growing marketplace proposition plays a crucial role in fulfilling our vision. That's why we need you. The team's mission is to make Brand Partners successful on Debenhams and for us to be the Brand Partner of choice.
What you'll be doing:
Support Identifying brand gaps and hunting strategies across multiple categories
Supporting in outreach/ negotiation: Promoting the company and signing of new partners/ sellers.
Work closely with Aggregator partners and service providers.
Supporting on building scalable processes and implement them in community development daily operations.
Liaise with the Onboarding and Account Management teams to successfully transition sellers from signed to full launch
Attend trade fairs/Marketplace Seminars/ Presenting at Lunch and Learns and conferences etc
Administrative tasks and reporting
Trend monitoring
Working with us
To succeed here, you have to love working at a pace. It’s relentless, but we love it. Change is a certainty – you need to adapt and be agile. We want you to challenge the status quo, innovate and be open to trying new things. We’re always pushing boundaries. We empower our people, giving them freedom and autonomy to learn and grow in their roles. We’re passionate, agile, creative and one team.
What you can bring:
Good experience working within an office-based sales role
Strong understanding and use of Microsoft Excel.
Can-do’ entrepreneurial attitude
Commercial awareness and good understanding of retail is beneficial
Ability to prioritise workflow and ensure challenging deadlines are met, in line with critical path and partner’s needs.
Exceptional communication skills to build productive relationships.
Always strives to improve the department’s operation and increase knowledge of own and related job functions.
Ability to manage the detail as well as the bigger picture, especially by working collaboratively as a team and being a team player at all costs.
Why Join Us?
You’ll get the opportunity to take part in our various share schemes
Core hours enable you to flex your working times around your needs on an ad hoc basis
Benefits that support your health and wellbeing
There’s up to 40% discount off our all of our brands
Our social calendar? Next level
With HQs in Manchester and London and offices across the globe (some are dog friendly!), we offer a buzzing atmosphere and the boohoo family culture wherever you work
