Internship - Sales & Marketing Assistant

Job description

 Type of position :Internship
· Country :United Kingdom
· City :London
· Craft :Sales & Wholesales
· Experience :0-3 years

Company overview

For more than 150 years, John Lobb has prided itself in upholding the highest standards and levels of craftsmanship and design in the creation of hand-made shoes and boots for men.
A company of the Hermes group since 1976, the bespoke footwear is still hand-crafted in our workshop in Paris while the ready to wear collections are manufactured in our Northampton factory.

John Lobb owns a distribution network that includes twenty stores established in eight countries, and works with a highly selective network of partners and authorized retailers around the world.

Context

John Lobb has been making the finest shoes and boots for gentlemen since 1866. The recent arrival of a new Artistic Director makes it an exciting time to join the company and to be involved in a series of key projects.

The candidate will support the John Lobb EMEI Commercial team (Commercial Director and Sales & Marketing Coordinator) based in the London office.

The EMEI region is managing 5 direct stores (Paris x3, London, Geneva), 4 Concessionaires stores (Dubai, Moscow, Beirut, Roissy CDG Airport), a network of 30 wholesale accounts and 2 e-commerce platforms.

Internship to start early January for a period of 6 months.

Main activities

1. Commercial
- Preparation of monthly quantitative & qualitative sales reports
- Follow-up and consolidation of orders, reorders and deliveries
- Creation, update and sharing of commercial tools (products grids, price mapping, discontinuations etc.)
- Development and follow-up of stock management tools
- Assistance in the organisation of buying sessions to present new collections

2. Marketing
- Retail marketing: assistance in the implementation of the retail marketing plan (in-store animations, emailing campaigns, windows installation, etc.)
- Trade marketing: assistance in the setting-up of marketing activities with key wholesale accounts
- E-marketing: participation in the development of the e-commerce channel & CRM tools
- Continuous competitors analysis

3. Miscellaneous
- Preparation of the monthly internal newsletter
- Organisation of training sessions
- Administrative office tasks (meetings organisation, invoices follow-up, etc.)

Applicant profile

- Bachelor/Master’s Degree
- First experience (internship) in a commercial and/or marketing position
- Retail experience will be highly appreciated
- Proficient in MS Office with an advanced level in Excel
- Excellent organisational skills, meticulous and reactive
- Proactive, hands-on, detail oriented, team player attitude
- Fluent in written and spoken English, French is a plus