Retail Account Manager
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, Middlesex, Uxbridge
- Salary
- £40000 - £50000 per annum
- Closing date
- 10 Oct 2017
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
An organisation experiencing an exciting period of rapid growth they are expanding our product offering and routes to market, enabling excellent career progression within an exciting entrepreneurial working environment.
Client Details
My client is well established in the market, with a lot of awareness and knowledge of the product within the consumer sphere. Forming part of a large organisation they have retained a young start up feel and takes pride in challenging the norm to revolutionise the market as we know it. They are currently experiencing massive growth and are looking to further their market share.
Providing great career progression opportunities, they take pride in enabling staff to grow their careers alongside the growth of the business.
Description
The Retail Account Manager will sit within the sales and marketing team at the helm of the business being responsible for:
- Exceeding both individual and team targets
- Managing key retail accounts and being the point of call for each retailer, taking ownership of the growth and development of the account
- Building JBP's with retailers inc grocer, high street, specialists etc
- Agree efficient marketing plans both internally and externally
- Growing smaller accounts into larger key accounts
- identifying new opportunities
- Agreeing promotional activity
- Keeping at the forefront of the market, the challenges it faces and the opportunities within
Profile
The Retail Account Manager will:
- Be of graduate calibre (or equivalent)
- Have previous experience working within the retail sector
- Have the ability to develop effective relationships with individuals of all levels
- Be a strong communicator
- Be target driven, with evidence of exceeding targets
- Be analytical and commercial, building business plans and margins
- A team player
- Be passionate about consumer electronics
- Be office based in Uxbridge
Job Offer
The Retail Account Manager position offers great progression opportunities and a very generous benefits package.
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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