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National Account Manager

Employer
Michael Page Sales
Location
Birmingham
Salary
£40000 - £50000 per annum
Closing date
3 Dec 2015

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Business Sector
Non Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
National Accounts

Job Details



Working for a growing SME managing High Street retailers

Client Details

My client are a manufacturer and importer of gifting and accessories, they have strong brands and licenses and great trading relationships with their customer base. They have ambitious [but achievable!] growth plans for the next two years and are looking to expand their sales team in order to realise this potential!

Description

This national account manager will look after the gifting and accessories category in high street retailers such as JLP, House of Fraser, TK Maxx and Debenhams. You will also need to identify new national account customers and start to build trading relationships with these.
Although this role is home based you need to be within a reasonable commute to the West Midlands/ Birmingham area.

Profile

This is a critical hire for my client as this role is pinnacle in their ambitious growth plans. Therefore we are looking for a national account manager who has a track record of successful account management of major retails and ideally has also opened trading relationships as well. Blue chip training and experience in the gifting/ accessories category is advantageous.

Job Offer

£50 000 basic salary, bonus, car

Company

Michael Page Sales UK is a leading professional recruitment consultancy covering permanent, interim and contract recruitment. We have UK wide coverage with ten offices located in London, Weybridge, Reading, Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, St Albans, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow. The core markets we serve are Consumer, Business Services, Media, IT/Telco, Financial Services, Healthcare and Technical Sales, with a dedicated person or team in each location specialising in each of these sectors. The clients we work with are as diverse as the candidates we represent; from Blue Chips to SMEs, and Sales Execs to Sales Directors. Our Consultants are typically from relevant sales backgrounds giving first hand experience of the roles we recruit for. We pride ourselves on delivering unrivalled service levels to our candidates and our clients, our track record of success over the past 20 years means we stand out.

Within our Consumer Sales Division we have consultants within each of the 10 offices who dedicate themselves to this sector and no other. Our specialist capability is demonstrated further as we focus on sub sectors such as food, drink, household, foodservice, consumer electronics, apparel, health & beauty, consumer healthcare, pet and sports. Some of our key clients include Colgate, Beiersdorf, Dr Oetker, Johnson & Johnson, Matthew Clark, PZ Cussons, Kellogg’s, 2 Sisters, Samsung, Seven Seas, Twinings, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, SC Johnson, Warburtons, InBev, Kettle Chips, Hallmark, Luxottica, McCain, Britvic, General Mills, and Molson Coors to name but a few!

Michael Page Sales UK is part of Michael Page International with operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. As well as looking for high quality candidates for our clients, we are also always looking for top talent to work for us

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