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Macandi SALES AND DISTRIBUTION (APPRENTICESHIP)

Role Overview

As a Showroom Assistant you are the first impression that any visitor gets of the company and so it’s a vital role for our organisation. You need to be professional in appearance, personable and polite at all times. Your role is to provide administrative and practical support to the sales and distribution team within our business.

The sales department produces a steady flow of paperwork and it’s the job of the Sales and Distribution Assistant to ensure this is dealt with timely and efficiently. It’s a very important role as it allows the members of the sales team to spend more time selling and generating income whilst you provide the essential administration support to the sales and distribution team; allowing us to deliver excellent standards of customer service to our clients.

Working in a sales and distribution environment is often quite pressurised as we are working to tight deadlines and you’ll need to be super organized and able to remain calm under pressure, whilst respecting the deadlines set for you.

Your role involves dealing with enquiries both on the phone and in person so you need to have a good working knowledge of the company as a whole, including key departments and staff.

 

Typical Duties

• Meeting and greeting visitors
• Answering, screening and redirecting incoming phone calls
• Directing visitors to the correct area of the business
• Dealing with the post, deliveries and couriers
• Organising meeting areas
• Arranging refreshments for visitors
• Ensuring the reception and all showroom areas remain tidy at all times
• General administrative duties
• Maintaining records of appointments and managing the showroom diary
• Arranging appointments on behalf of the sales team
• General office management e.g ordering stationery and supplies
• Stock taking
• Checking and Processing customer orders
• Following up after customer appointments with brand marketing materials and images
• Price checking brands online and in store
• Liaising with accounts and distribution department to generate invoices
• Liaising with brands and the warehouse to track deliveries
• Keeping records of sales targets
• Preparing sales reports

 

River Island Fashion Production Apprentice

As a Fashion Production Apprentice you will be working alongside various members of our production and quality assurance teams. You will be assisting them in their day to day duties and providing support by conducting a wide variety of activities. All knowledge will be gained through basic hands on experience.

Experience and knowledge to be gained from the Apprentice programme:

• An understanding of garment manufacture from the design concept through to store delivery
• Data entry into the Company’s production and technical data systems
• Hands on experience of garment sampling and prototype sealing
• Garment construction, technical reporting including basic pattern cutting, size grading on our Gerber CAD system, measurement specification, technical detail recording and processing
• Practical garment fitting skills gained attending working fit sessions
• A working knowledge of factory procedure and process in both a retail and factory environment
• Factory and supplier communication processes
• A basic understanding of production planning, progress monitoring and logistics
• A basic understanding of fabric sourcing, testing, stock control and monitoring
• Understand the process of trim development, purchasing, stock distribution and control
• Gain awareness of quality control and assurance in both a factory and retail environment

 

What we are looking for:

• Candidates must be highly motivated possessing both a practical and flexible attitude towards their responsibilities
• The ability to show initiative when completing activities
• Good verbal and written communication skill
• Highly organised displaying good time management
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office in particular Word & Excel
• Determination, stamina and pace – fashion production is hard work

Other vacancies we are looking to fill include:

 

• Assistant Pattern Cutter – Atelier Tammam

 

• Showroom Assistant – MACANDI Showroom

 

• Showroom Assistant – Felicities Ltd

 

• Fashion PA – Jonathan Saunders

 

• Product Assistant – Jonathan Saunders

 

• Studio Assistant – Marios Schwab

 

• Fashion Assistant – Sirplus

 

• Pattern Cutter – Sophia Kokosalaki

 

• Studio Assistant – Hanya Anda

 

To become an apprentice you must:

• • Have 5 GCSE’s graded A-C
  • Two of these GCSE’s must be Maths and English
  • Own a valid UK passport
  • Own a valid National Insurance Card/Proof
  • Be aged 16-24

Please note you cannot have a degree to take part in the Fashion and Textiles Apprenticeship Programme. This is not an internship.

CV’s need to be sent to Zoe zoe@fashion-enter.com