Lyst

Partner Acquisition Executive

Lyst

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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About the role

  • New Partner Acquisition: Efficiently qualify and manage inbound inquiries while proactively outreaching to new affiliate partners in line with team strategies and leading partner negotiations.
  • Relationship Management: You will nurture relationships with affiliate networks, and be responsible for managing day-to-day interactions with them.
  • Understanding Processes: Work to team processes, ensuring they run smoothly from outreach to onboarding, and take ownership of partner acquisition-related tasks.
  • Understanding of Affiliate Networks: Maintain an up-to-date understanding of the affiliate landscape, and have a knowledge of and interest in the fashion industry.

Requirements

  • Experience: A background in sales and/or account management. Having worked with affiliate networks or with fashion brands in the past would also be desirable.
  • Sales & Negotiation: Proven ability to handle objections and articulate a clear value proposition to move partners from initial conversations to live on the Lyst platform.
  • Commercial Understanding: A genuine interest in the business of fashion and the e-commerce landscape, with the ability to interpret performance data (e.g., conversion rates, AOV) to build a compelling business case for why a brand should join Lyst.
  • Ability To Prioritise: Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage and prioritise multiple conversations at different stages.
  • Collaboration & Communication: You will be comfortable communicating externally, as well as collaborating with internal stakeholders and teams.
  • Self-Starter: We are looking for someone who can work autonomously as well as take direction from other team members in order to work towards collective targets and goals.
  • CRM Proficiency: Experience using CRM tools (like Salesforce, HubSpot, or Pipedrive) to manage an outreach pipeline and maintain data.
Benefits
  • Our Ways of Working: We all come into the office on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with the option to work remotely or come into the office on the other days. We believe that in person collaboration and community spirit is super important, which is why we spend some of our time in the office and some of our time at home.
  • Time Off: In addition to the 8 statutory bank holidays, you will receive 29 holidays per year. Lyst’s holiday year runs from 1 April to 31 March.
  • Competitive Family Leave Package: This includes Enhanced Family Leave for those eligible, paid Time off for Dependents and Support for Fertility Treatment & Loss.
  • Clothing Benefit: We want you to enjoy using the Lyst app and site as much as our customers, so we provide you with a clothing allowance to use on Lyst every year. This starts at £250 when you join and increases up to £1,000 with your length of service.
  • Private Healthcare: Our healthcare provider is Vitality. Your health is important to us which is why we offer all employees a comprehensive healthcare scheme from the day you start.
  • Training Allowance: We’re big on continuous learning and growth, so all employees are currently entitled to an annual training allowance of £1,000. This can be used to attend conferences, industry events, training courses and to purchase resources.
  • Pension Scheme: Our pension provider is The People’s Pension. We offer a minimum employee contribution of 5% and 3% employer contribution.
  • Eye Tests and Vouchers: Employees can make a saving on their eye test and glasses through our chosen provider. You’ll receive a free eye test every year and a discount towards glasses.
  • Cycle-to-Work Scheme: Lyst will purchase a bicycle from your chosen retailer, you will then receive a voucher to pick up your bicycle from them.
  • Transport Season Ticket Loan: Employees can apply for an interest free season ticket loan to support your travel to work.
  • Social Events: Frequent company wide social events including Christmas & summer parties, sports days, themed drinks, quizzes, cook alongs, as well as smaller team socials. We also have plenty of interest based groups such as football, running club, book club, culinary and more.
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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