Senior Onsite Trading Specialist - Promotions Planning & Compliance

Farfetch exists for the love of fashion. We believe in empowering individuality. Our mission is to be the global technology platform for luxury fashion, connecting creators, curators and consumers. 

We're a positive platform for good, bringing together an incredible creative community made up by our people, our partners and our customers. This community is at the heart of our business success. We welcome differences, empower individuality and celebrate diverse skills and perspectives, creating an inclusive environment for everyone. We are FARFETCH for All.

LONDON

Our office is located in Old Street, London's tech hub. Our open-plan space is ideal for collaborative working. When you're not doing what's never been done, you can enjoy a team lunch on our large outdoor terrace, or join a yoga class in our dedicated studio.

THE ROLE 

As an Senior Onsite Trading Specialist focusing on Planning & Compliance, you will play a crucial role in shaping and executing our seasonal trade calendar, ensuring it aligns with overarching business priorities and budget. Reporting to the Head of Onsite Trading, your responsibilities will include managing cross-functional planning and initial briefing of quarterly and ad hoc trade campaigns (predominantly Promotions & Sale), handling promotional stock restrictions, and overseeing internal and external audit processes. You will be tasked with conducting competitor analysis and generating insightful regular promotional stock and competitor reports to guide strategic decisions.

In this role, you will manage the documentation and approvals for promotional requests, ensuring they are in line with our business strategy and channel effectiveness, while also navigating stock restrictions and promotional mechanics. Your expertise in cross-functional collaboration and experience in driving public presentations/walkthroughs will ensure that all trade activities are meticulously aligned with our corporate objectives and regulatory requirements.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Manage the cross-functional planning and initial briefing of a seasonal trade calendar, ensuring alignment with business priorities and budget. This involves considering available stock and potential strength of the offer, incorporating competitor analysis, and gathering feedback from local and global teams. Coordinate, document and report on available promotional stock for seasonal campaigns and other channel categories in close collaboration with Business Development, Account management teams, Campaigns Execution and Trading.
• Responsible for successful pre- and post- campaigns launch quality control.
• Oversee documentation and approvals for all incoming promotional requests from both local and global teams. This includes thorough understanding of each request in relation to current business strategy and planned commercial calendar, available budget, channel effectiveness, stock restrictions and required promotional mechanics.
• Oversee the governance of promotional budget and tooling access, ensuring that processes and evidence documentation consistently meet regulatory requirements. This includes responsibility for regular internal and external audit walkthroughs.
• Report on the direct and indirect competitive landscape and identify strategic opportunities.
• Analysing and reporting on KPIs to measure success, identify potential efficiency improvements, and determine solutions for at-risk areas.
• Responsible for ongoing optimisation of internal documents, processes, and tooling by applying project management techniques and automations.
• Responsible for coaching and developing junior members of the team and providing relevant support to the broader team.
• Act as a role model for the team and initiate, encourage and facilitate positive change. 

WHO YOU ARE

• You have strong verbal and written communication skills, and are comfortable in facilitating the meetings and presenting to senior stakeholders using data and insight to explain decisions.
• You are a data-led thinker with experience working with business intelligence tools and Excel, using analysis and insights to evaluate performance, and developing data-led strategic recommendations.
• You have experience of leveraging and integrating technology and automation to maximise performance.
• Commercially minded with a practical approach to problem solving.
• You are a strong team player, ready to collaborate and build relationships in order to influence key stakeholders.
• You have experience in team management.
• Technologically oriented with strong software skills.
• Experienced in project management and budget management.
• Capable of working effectively under pressure.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment while maintaining exceptional precision and attention to detail.

REWARDS & BENEFITS

• Flexible benefits - Private Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Pension scheme and more
• Critical Illness Insurance and Life Assurance
• Flexible working environment and more!

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES STATEMENT

• FARFETCH is an equal opportunities employer ensuring that all applicants are treated equally and fairly throughout our recruitment process. We are determined that no applicant experiences discrimination on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, disability, age, gender identity, ancestry, sexual orientation, veteran status, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. We continue to build our consciously inclusive culture as part of our Positively FARFETCH strategy throughout our business, partnerships and communities.