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Kurt Geiger | About Us

We are an inclusive, creative footwear and accessories brand powered by kindness. We want to empower our talent to be confident and true to themselves, the London way. London is our home, our heartbeat, and we draw inspiration from the energy and spirit of the city; its diversity and creativity. For over fifty years our team of in-house shoe and accessory designers have been creating authentic, distinctive designs from our London headquarters. The rainbow is our signature. It represents the good energy and love we have for our community and the many ways we collectively express our individual style.

We Are One:For Love | For Diversity | For Change | For Equality | For Kindness For Freedom | For Unity Against Racism

Responsibilities:

• Vendor management: Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers, ensuring timely and accurate production and delivery of VM materials
• Timeline management: Coordinate key project milestones and deadlines, ensuring projects remain on track
• Sample management: coordinate, manage and organise the request, use, storage and return of product samples as needed by the VM department
• Campaign roll outs: Coordinate lightbox campaign rollouts across all regions, working closely with relevant teams and suppliers to ensure a smooth and consistent execution
• Document creation: use InDesign and PowerPoint to create seasonal and ad-hoc VM documents as needed
• Budget management: Raise purchase orders, monitor and track budgets and process invoices & expenses accurately and efficiently
• VM area management: Organise and maintain the product and prop areas, ensuring it is kept tidy, accessible and well presented
• Cross functional communication: Liaise with other departments on behalf of the VM team, ensuring information is communicated clearly and actions are followed up
• Meeting support: Attend team and project meetings, taking clear and accurate notes and following up on actions where required
• Travel coordination: Organise travel and accommodation arrangements for the VM team as required
• Event and onsite support: Provide flexible onsite support to the VM team during key events, installations and campaign launches

Requirements

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven administrative experience, with strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail and a high level of accuracy
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Adobe Creative Suite
• Ability to work independently, use initiative and take ownership of tasks
• A genuine interest in visual merchandising, retail and the fashion industry would be advantageous.

Benefits

• Competitive basic salary
• Pension and life assurance
• Enviable discounts
• Gym Discounts
• RetailTrust support
• & so much more!

Our Stores

The first Kurt Geiger store opened on London Bond street in 1963. Today, our brand has global appeal and is distributed in hundreds of cities around the world. We operate over 70 stand-alone stores nationwide, including our new flagship store on London Oxford street, and in over 400 stores globally. Beyond stand-alone stores and retail pop ups, our retail partners include some of the world’s most famous department stores.