About Designers and Friends and the Vente Privée group Designers and Friends was founded in 2010 and is the online flash sale leader in Denmark, selling mostly fashion and lifestyle products at discounted prices to its members. Since it joined the Vente Privée group in 2016 it has embarked on a high growth trajectory, benefitting from the group’s experience, resources and supplier relationships, while achieving strong growth and metrics improvement in its local operations.

We are looking for a strong team and business leader, who can seize the unique opportunity to grow our business multifold over the next few years and develop a strong team spirit and business culture in line with the group’s core values.

The Challenge

Above all, you will be responsible for the success of Designers and Friends in Denmark with the full P&L and balance sheet local responsibility, and possibly its expansion in other Scandinavian countries.

We expect you to define and execute a strategy and scale up operations to grow sales and profits in Denmark and build a leading position in the market. You will initially manage a team of 25+ in sales, marketing and operations, with full responsibility over the Danish budget, and accountability for the Danish P&L. As such, you will have a seat on Northern Europe’s Executive Committee, and are expected to shape and execute Northern Europe’s strategy as a whole (Northern Europe = Benelux, Germany, Austria, Scandinavia).

Among other, you will lead your team to create value for the group by:

1/ Managing and inspiring local talents

2/ Driving high B2C sales growth in the Danish market

3/ Leading the team in sourcing Danish and Scandinavian brands, while generating as much possible value for these partners

4/ Ensuring Denmark’s sustainable growth, by scaling up and continuously improving operations

5/ Forecasting, budgeting and tracking Denmark’s financials and key metrics