Global Sales Director

HOPE creates contemporary, high-quality fashion, aimed to inspire and emphasize individual style. We believe in progressive – yet timeless – design, strong tailoring and attention to detail. We’re passionate about DIVERSITY, CREATIVITY and SELF EXPRESSION. There’s truly no reason why anyone today should feel limited by old fashion conventions.

HOPE is currently looking for a Global Sales Director. Main responsibilities will be to drive sales and brand recognition through wholesale accounts on both local and global markets. You will be a key player in achieving long term growth and profitability in line with HOPE brand vision and ambitions. You have a customer centric mindset and are motivated by high targets and fast paced environments. The position will be primarily based, but not limited to, Stockholm with occasional travel required during fashion weeks. HOPE is a creative and progressive workplace with a passion for fashion and diversity.

Your main responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

- Full account ownership for customers and markets worldwide
- Develop business relationships with customers to ensure long-term success
- Work proactively to reach company pre order and reorder targets
- Responsibility for generating high customer sell through
- Identify and target new prospect customers and/or business opportunities within company distribution strategy
- Identify trends, wins, and opportunities to develop business plans and sales strategies that drive the revenue growth and profitability
- Manage Pop-Ups, Shop in Shops and in-store events as well as our concession stores
- Provide cross functional feedback to commercial, design and marketing team
- Responsible for order processing throughout the business systems
- Be part of setting KPI goals, budgets, objectives, and marketing plans for each collection
- Be part of setting merchandise plan for collection structures
- Manage all agent accounts worldwide, including communication, budget targets and brand alignment.

Main attributes are:

- Strong ability to develop and maintain relationships
- Solid business and commercial mindset
- Experience and proven success from similar position
- Strong drive for results
- Experience from working in ERPs and B2B platforms
- Excellent analytical ability and numerical skills
- Organized and structured, with a strong attention to details
- Hands-on mentality
- Excellent communication skills in Swedish and English, other languages are meriting

Additional information

This is a full-time assignment based in Stockholm. You will report directly to the General Manager for HOPE.

If you want to be part of an exciting journey and feel your experience, skills and ambition are right for this role, please send your CV and personal letter as soon as possible but latest August 8th.

Email application to sofia.karlsson@hopestockholm.com

Mark the email with “Application Global Sales Director”

About HOPE

HOPE’s design aesthetic is honest and direct, with a strong focus on tailoring, denim and attention to detail. They strongly believe that good design adds value to life. Each of the collections deliver on the need for desirable, functional garments, seasonal must-haves, and not-your-ordinary basics. HOPE strives to create tomorrow’s classics – modern favourites to love for years to come.

Founded in Stockholm in 2001, HOPE stood out from the romantic styles that characterized women’s fashion at the time. The brand quickly became a go-to favourite of the Swedish fashion establishment with its clean, cool looks and nods to classic menswear and utility pieces. An original and unique option to the traditional fashion scene.

Over the years, HOPE has received numerous awards and nominations and is today one of the leading fashion brands in Sweden. We continue to create iconic garments that make HOPE an inspiring voice and a creative force within fashion