As an international leader in bridal fashion, Essense of Australia has been making bridal dreams come true for more than 20 years. With offices in Lenexa, Kansas; Perth, Australia; and Zug, Switzerland, our designs are sold in over 1,500 retail stores across the globe, including our network of company-owned and franchise stores, True Society. Located in the US and Europe, True Society is a collective of premier bridal shops that exclusively offers our designs and delivers the ultimate wedding dress shopping experience to brides of all styles, shapes, and sizes. Together, we are a dynamic and rapidly growing company focused on innovation, excellence, drive, and collaboration.   The Role We are currently seeking a Design Operations Manager to lead and supervise the Design Operations team in our Lenexa, KS office. This role will be responsible for effectively overseeing and contributing to processing and communicating all factory communications that will result in the creation new styles for our seasonal collections. The individual in this role will work in liaison with the Design Development Manager and Designer Team, as well as partnering with Sampling Coordinators in our Australian Office to successfully deliver new designs for seasonal collections. *This position will work onsite Mon – Fri.*

Essense of Australia is a dynamic international bridal wholesaler and retailer with key offices in Lenexa, Kansas (US), Perth, Australia and Zug, Switzerland.  Our growing organization also operates in the United Kingdom, Europe, Canada, and New Zealand. A global leader in bridal fashion for more than 25 years, Essense continues to build a steady, reliable and exciting presence in the U.S. and across the globe, with our designs sold in more than 1,200 stores and counting.  Our success can be attributed to our exquisite gown designs, strong partnerships with our stores and unwavering commitment to our brides.   An Exciting Opportunity As a Company we are poised for growth and are seeking a passionate individual that brings experience in providing exceptional service, product training and sales support to ensure a flawless experience for our wholesale stores (clients). The Business Development Representative will prepare, coordinate, and execute Designer Preview Trunk Show events with our wholesale stores, which includes testing of our new collection gowns, providing feedback and post-show reporting as well as gathering design and marketing insights and feedback from the store.   Most importantly, we are seeking vibrant individuals who are agile, passionate, and curious to roll up their sleeves to provide exceptional service and sales support to our wholesale stores.   The reporting location for this position is our company headquarters, located in Lenexa, KS. Relocation is not provided. Individuals in this position will attend a minimum of 20 Designer Preview Trunk Shows per year and be required to travel up to 50% of their time. This will include weekends.