Global luxury soft-toy brand with omnichannel retail and direct-to-consumer operations
Jellycat is a 25-year-old London-based toy and lifestyle brand distributed across 77 countries, now scaling operations with sales-led hiring (21 open roles) and a large rollout of Dynamics 365 across finance, operations, and commerce. The project list—tiered customer management, 18-month forecasting, Nordstrom account planning, new retailer onboarding—reveals a company in heavy organizational mode: moving from playful startup mentality into enterprise structure, grappling with forecast accuracy, inventory backorders, and the operational friction of a complex ERP transition.
Notable leadership hires: Marketing Director, Sales Team Lead, Commercial Lead, Head of Sales
Jellycat designs and manufactures luxury soft toys, books, accessories, and lifestyle goods for global wholesale and direct-to-consumer channels. The brand operates from three main studios—London (HQ), Minneapolis, and Shanghai—and sells through over 77 countries via department stores (including major accounts like Nordstrom), independent retailers, and its own e-commerce platform. The product line spans soft toys, gift items, and children's books, marketed heavily through social media. With 51–200 employees and accelerating hiring across sales, finance, and operations, the company is consolidating supply-chain and customer-management processes while launching new collections and expanding retail partnerships.
Jellycat uses Shopify (commerce), Akeneo (product information management), Dynamics 365 (ERP and finance), SAP, Adyen and PayPal (payments), Zendesk (support), and a modern web stack (React, TypeScript, GraphQL, Remix, Vercel). Microsoft Office ecosystem (Teams, Power Automate, Power Apps) handles internal operations.
Jellycat has 51–200 employees based in London (HQ), Minneapolis, and Shanghai. The company is in an accelerating hiring phase with 57 active roles open, signaling growth in commercial operations and finance functions.
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