Assistant Sales Manager - Next Sourcing (12 Months Fixed Term Contract)

Working Pattern: Typically 5 days in the office, with core hours flexible between 8am-6pm.

International Franchise, Sales & Operations is making waves in the international market, expanding the reach of the Next portfolio. Our goal is to showcase collections, brands and product areas to potential and existing partners. Once the orders are secured, it is our responsibility to ensure these are processed and stock is delivered on time for partners to launch globally. Come join the international Franchise team and help make Next a Global household name

The Role
In this role, you will act as a central coordinator driving product development and commercial execution between the wholesale partner, the Arctic team, and regional territories.

What You’ll Take On
Working in close collaboration with the Wholesale team and the Design Manager, you will organise partner meetings, assist in setting up product presentations, and co-present key trends to the Arctic team. Operationally, you will be responsible for creating detailed territory documents featuring images and style references, as well as managing the end-to-end communication for sample ordering, pricing requests, and delivery timelines to ensure all strict deadlines are met. You will also serve as a vital link back to the UK buying teams, conducting meetings with Arctic for style selection, gathering pipeline visibility across different retail phases, and keeping UK managers fully aligned on style progress.

You will prepare and maintain selected style worksheets, track development sample progress, and work closely with Arctic and the Wholesale team to finalise pricing. When technical challenges arise, you will take ownership of resolving issues regarding blocks, fabric bases, or special embroidery and print techniques by coordinating directly with Territory Product and Technical Managers. Finally, you will oversee the P&P process—following up with the Territory Fabric Manager for NIS updates and sharing SCS documents—while closely monitoring production progress alongside territories and the Wholesale team to ensure all confirmed orders align perfectly with agreed delivery schedules.

What You’ll Bring
We are looking for someone who has incredible attention to detail and can work at pace, handling requests from your team and internal stakeholders. Beyond communication, the position requires rigorous project management to maintain momentum from development through to production.

Sponsorship
Candidates wishing to apply who would require sponsorship for this role will be required to meet the Home Office sponsorship requirements. For further information please see: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.

We encourage early applications for our roles, as our recruitment process begins as soon as the role is advertised. If we successfully fill the position, this advert may close earlier than planned.

At NEXT, we believe the best work happens when there are no barriers to collaboration. That’s why we are a Google-powered workspace. From your very first day, you’ll be using the full Google Workspace suite; Docs, Drive, and Meet, to stay connected and move fast.

If your previous experience is rooted in other software suites, don’t worry! We’ll point you to a digital Google toolkit the moment you join, packed with handy guides and insider tips to help you transition smoothly and hit the ground running.

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Benefits

• 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)
• Company performance based bonus
• Sharesave scheme
• On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas
• 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
• Early VIP access to sale stock
• Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
• Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
• Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
• Free on-site parking
• Financial Wellbeing - Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing
• Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification
• Direct to Work - Discount online and instore, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store
• Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other
• Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more

Conditions apply to all benefits. These benefits are discretionary and subject to change.
We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email headoffice_careers@next.co.uk (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail.