Fair Trade Sales and Ethical Production Manager

Awamaki seeks an experienced individual to oversee our artisan product sales and product development. This is a full time position based in our office in Ollantaytambo, Peru. This person will be responsible for managing our store in Ollantaytambo, guiding product development and managing sustainable design volunteers. They will work alongside the Director of Artisan Cooperatives and the Production Coordinator to fill orders for both international and national wholesale and custom orders.

A background in marketing, product design or operations management, and/or retail experience would be a strong fit for this role. We expect the successful candidate to be able to take initiative, collaborate well with colleagues, and bring enthusiasm and creativity to this role.

Responsibilities:

• Manage Awamaki’s fair trade store in Ollantaytambo: create visually appealing store displays; tag, restock and inventory product; provide weekly sales reports; organize staff to fill store shifts
• Manage product development, including facilitating the design process with our wholesale designer; managing sustainable design volunteers; planning new products; guiding changes to our store and wholesale lines based on sales and client feedback.
• Maintain relationships with Cusco-based wholesale customers; visit, show samples, take orders.
• Support U.S. team by ensuring timely and accurate shipping of wholesale and custom orders from Peru.
• Work alongside Marketing Coordinator to create sales materials: line sheets, tags, emails and print material.
• Work with the Designer, Director of Artisan Cooperatives and the Executive Director to calculate material costs and price products
• Attend weekly team meetings
• Work a minimum of 9 hours/week staffing the Awamaki store (this is required of all staff and volunteers)

Qualifications:

• Kind, hardworking, professional
• Experience working or traveling in countries similar to Peru
• Ability to calculate costs and analyze sales using premade spreadsheet templates
• Proficient in Google Suite
• Bachelor’s degree
• Proficient or advanced English; Proficient or advanced Spanish
• Peruvian Carnet or DNI strongly preferred but not required