BISWAS LONDON
Independent Commercial Partner(s)
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About us:
BISWAS LONDON is an early-stage British leather-goods brand, designed in London and crafted in Kolkata. We have launched the brand, developed our first products, built our initial inventory and generated our first sales.
We are now looking for a small number of entrepreneurial Independent Commercial Partners to help us open doors and generate revenue.
This could mean winning retail stockists, developing wholesale relationships, identifying corporate-gifting opportunities, building partnerships, approaching buyers, or finding entirely new routes to market. We care much more about initiative, persistence and commercial instinct than a particular CV.
Commercial model:
This is not a salaried employment role.
BISWAS LONDON is currently a bootstrapped early-stage business, and the opportunity is structured as an independent, self-employed commercial arrangement.
You will receive 20% of qualifying revenue that you directly originate and help convert for BISWAS LONDON.
The detailed terms covering qualifying sales, attribution, cancellations, returns and payment timing will be agreed in writing before beginning.
There are no prescribed working hours or fixed place of work. The opportunity can sit alongside employment, study, freelancing, another business or other clients.
What you could work on
Depending on your interests and network, opportunities could include:
- Winning independent and larger retail stockists
- Developing wholesale opportunities
- Identifying and converting corporate-gifting opportunities
- Building partnerships with companies, organisations and complementary brands
- Developing relationships with buyers and commercial decision-makers
- Identifying new distribution and sales channels
- Representing BISWAS LONDON at relevant events and commercial opportunities
- Testing your own ideas for generating revenue
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Who we are looking for
We are particularly interested in people who are:
- Entrepreneurial and highly self-motivated
- Commercially hungry and comfortable being measured by outcomes
- Comfortable approaching retailers, businesses and decision-makers
- Persistent when people do not respond the first time
- Good at building relationships and persuading people
- Able to operate independently without constant direction
- Resourceful and comfortable creating their own approach
- Interested in consumer brands, retail, fashion, leather goods, gifting or entrepreneurship
- Able to commit meaningful and consistent time to developing commercial opportunities
You do not need a conventional sales background.
We would rather meet someone who has demonstrated initiative and resourcefulness than somebody with the perfect corporate CV.
Location
We are primarily looking for London-based applicants, or people who can be in London regularly.
A significant part of the opportunity will involve visiting retailers, attending markets and events, meeting potential partners and developing commercial opportunities across London.
This is not intended to be a remote-only opportunity.
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Applicants must have the legal right to undertake self-employed work in the UK.
Longer-term opportunity
For someone who demonstrates exceptional commercial ability, generates meaningful revenue and shows sustained commitment to BISWAS LONDON, there is scope for the relationship and level of responsibility to grow substantially over time.
We are still early. That is precisely why this opportunity exists.
You would not be stepping into a finished commercial machine - you would have the opportunity to help build it.
Application process
We are looking for a small number of high-potential commercial partners and will run a selective interview process.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an initial interview focused on commercial instinct, initiative, persistence, motivation and ability to operate independently.
Strong candidates may then be invited to a second-stage discussion or practical commercial exercise focused on how they would approach generating revenue for BISWAS LONDON.
We are not looking for polished corporate interview technique. We want to understand how you think, whether you make things happen, and whether you genuinely want to build something from an early stage.
When applying, please be prepared to discuss:
- What you are currently doing and how much capacity you realistically have.
- Something you have sold, built, started or made happen without much supervision.
- Three retailers, companies, organisations or partnerships you would approach first for BISWAS LONDON, and why.
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