About the Role
The VIP Consignment team provides a premium, white-glove selling service for high-value clients. As a VIP Business Developer, you will build and maintain strong relationships with VIP sellers, drive business growth through client acquisition and retention, and ensure a seamless, high-quality experience. This role is ideal for a commercially driven professional with a deep understanding of luxury fashion and a passion for sustainability.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain strong relationships with VIP clients to drive retention, repeat deposits, and sales growth.
- Identify and onboard new high-value sellers through personal networks, business development initiatives, and referrals.
- Conduct at-home wardrobe appointments, curating luxury items and providing expert guidance on pricing and selling strategies.
- Manage client inventory to optimise listings, ensuring fast sales and maximum profitability.
- Act as a brand ambassador, representing Vestiaire Collective at events and fostering partnerships to expand the consignment business.
Requirements
- Proactive and commercially driven, with a self-starting mindset and the ability to work autonomously towards ambitious targets.
- Strong network or ability to build one, leveraging personal connections and referrals to grow the VIP consignment business.
- Thrives in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment, adapting quickly to shifting priorities and business needs.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of building trust with high-value clients and representing Vestiaire Collective professionally.
- Deep understanding of the luxury market, including brand knowledge, pricing trends, and the needs of discerning sellers.
- Highly organised and detail-oriented, managing multiple clients, appointments, and inventory efficiently.
- Excellent communicator, confident in liaising with both external VIP clients and internal stakeholders to drive business success.
- Comfortable working across office and client-facing settings, balancing in-person wardrobe appointments with strategic planning and business development.
Skills
- Luxury market understanding
- Client relationship management
- Business development
- Sales
- Inventory management
- Communication
- Interpersonal skills
- Organization
- Detail-oriented
Location
- Paris
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Professional
Benefits
- Meaningful job with an impact on the fashion industry and sustainability
- Career-defining work in a fast-growing scale-up
- Globally diverse team
- Two days to help Project - reinforcing activist journey and volunteer for an association
- Significant investment in learning and growth
- Competitive compensation and benefits package
- Eligibility for free shares
About the Company
- Vestiaire Collective is the leading global online marketplace for desirable pre-loved fashion.
- Our mission is to transform the fashion industry for a more sustainable future by empowering our community to promote the circular fashion movement.
- Founded in 2009, headquartered in Paris with offices in London, Berlin, New York, Singapore, Ho Chi Minh, and warehouses in Tourcoing (France), Crawley (UK), Hong Kong and New York.
- We currently have a diverse global team of 600 employees representing more than 50 nationalities.
- Our values are Activism, Transparency, Dedication and Greatness and Collective.
Equal Opportunity
- Vestiaire Collective is an equal opportunities employer
- We encourage individuals from underrepresented backgrounds to apply even if they don't tick every box.
- We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.
