Sales Executive Wholesale HQ

JOB TITLE: Sales Executive

ROLE TYPE: Full-Time

DEPARTMENT: Wholesale

REPORTING TO: Senior Sales Manager

LOCATION: Central London

SALARY: Competitive

Orlebar Brown (Chanel group) launched in March 2007 as a more tailored approach to men’s beach and swim shorts. Based on the traditional pattern of a tailored pair of trousers for men, and with their distinctive side fasteners, they are not just a swim short; they are the original and best shorts you can swim in.

Today, our collections are built into broader lifestyles imagined around Beach, Resort, Coast and Sport. We have multiple product releases, including capsules, new categories and services, over the calendar year to maintain excitement, and interest for our customers.

Since 2007, we have built the brand to achieve our stated purpose which is to encourage, excite and inspire everyone to ‘Holiday Better’. This is our purpose and why we get out of bed every morning.

The brand has rapidly gained global recognition and is sold through online, more than 30 O.B. stores, and the best retailers and hoteliers in the world. Our customer is truly international, so whether they are in St Barth’s for Christmas with family, Miami for a wild Spring break, a conference in Dubai with a few days off, taking a boat off the coast of St Tropez, volunteering to replant mangrove plantations in Puerto Rico, walking along a clifftop in Cornwall, or diving off one into a beautiful blue ocean then O.B. should be there to help you do it better.

Our business is built on relationships with those customers, and we strive to maintain our relationship with them, wherever they might be, and provide world‑class service, when and where they want it. It is also built on finding new customers to the brand by welcoming them to join the ever‑growing O.B. community.

We are looking for a motivated Sales Executive to manage Orlebar Brown’s wholesale relationships across multiple channels, including direct wholesale, travel retail, distributors, and franchises.

You will play a key role in maintaining existing business, developing new opportunities, and ensuring the brand achieves its sales targets across the UK and European markets.

This is a hands‑on role, requiring travel to key accounts, trade shows, and international locations as needed.

• Maintain and grow existing wholesale business, delivering against the annual sales plan.
• Ensure weekly and monthly reviews of customer sales (sell‑in, intake and sell‑out) performance are in place to unlock opportunities and highlight risks as early as possible. Develop and lead, forward order‑driven plans as well as short‑term in‑season selling campaigns.
• Build relationships at all levels of Department Store organisations. Interact at the highest levels of those organisations, while also establishing relationships with retailers through performance of their shop floors.
• Expand the brand into broader categories, including Lifestyle and Footwear, in addition to Swim and Resort.
• Track KPIs, forecasts, and sales benchmarks, ensuring internal communication of processes and results.
• Organise and participate in showroom setups, trade shows, and conferences (e.g., Paris, Pitti Uomo, Milan).
• Travel to key accounts to train staff on visual merchandising, selling techniques and operational efficiency.
• Identify and secure new wholesale accounts in key regions.

• Proven experience managing a wholesale portfolio across EU/ROW markets.
• Strong track record in driving both sell‑in and sell‑through at the point of sale.
• The ability to develop incremental sales performance and achieve growth targets.
• Experience in visual merchandising and retail staff training.
• Familiarity with the men’swear and luxury goods markets is advantageous.
• Knowledge of wholesale, franchise, distributor, and agent channels.
• Financial awareness and accountability for sales decisions.
• Excellent attention to detail, follow‑up skills and organisational abilities.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across a team.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and B2B ordering tools…