A career in Maison Valentino is your chance to grow in a reality where business and creativity meet and thrive in an inclusive, and open-minded community.

Maison Valentino believes in a colleague-centric approach, where our contribution and behaviors as individuals are the secret of our success as a community. Each Valentino colleague is crucial to guarantee that every need in Valentino is met with mastery, creativity, uniqueness, and care.

Wholesale Area Manager - Fixed Term. (Maternity Cover)

Directly reporting to the Head of Wholesale Europe, he/she will ensure the commercial development of the Brand operating within the guidelines, plans and the approved strategy, policy and business procedures.

Main Responsibilities:

• Ensure the achievement of sales targets and profit, with a specific focus on specific countries
• Develop trade policies in order to increase business opportunities
• Plan and manage the budget and sales forecast
• Assist to the sales campaign (presenting the collection, order review / order entry)
• Arrange customer schedule for the Sales campaign in link with showroom
• Deal with Customer complaints
• Manage relationship with potential commercial distributors / partners
• Manage the relationship with key accounts (Dept. Stores and Key Clients) and the support / promotional activities in the stores
• Manage relationships with different departments inside the company (Customer Service, Finance, After Sales, Legal, Partner Marketing, Store Planning)
• Analyze market trends, evaluate competitive products and make appropriate suggestions
• Provide clients support during buying session, order checks and data entry
• Provide feedback and advice to customer service, operations, accounting in the spirit of continuous improvement toward customer satisfaction and achieving the company invoice goals
• Weekly sales analysis, definition of sales targets, support during the buying session
• KPIs monitoring and support partners with swaps/reorders during the season

Qualifications and requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Previous experience in a similar role
• Analytical skills, proficiency in Excel and Power Point
• Good knowledge and sensitivity for fashion and luxury products
• Team worker, proactive and flexible
• Good negotiation skills and leadership
• Fluency in English and French

Location: Milan

The Valentino ecosystem is home to a wide and extraordinary pool of talents, each colleague contributing with their unique attributes, nurturing a culture of inclusivity and equality. Inspiring sense of belonging, passion and engaging colleagues are the bases of our inclusive and multifaceted world.