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Regional Account Manager- Sport Apparel

Employer
Michael Page Sales
Location
England, South East England
Salary
£25000 - £30000 per annum
Closing date
3 Jul 2018

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Business Sector
Non Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Category Management, Retail Management, Sales

Job Details



Rare opportunity to work for a market leader in swimwear. A progressive role working with innovative products, this is the ideal for a sales person with a passion for sport.

Client Details

My client is well established within the market and continues to grow to overtake their main competition to dominate the market. A company established 25 years ago, the company has gone from strength to strength through creating innovative and distinctive product lines. They are passionate about what they do constantly striving to develop their products and their staff.

The company invests heavily in its staff through its training and progression opportunities and facilitates the development of staff within this role into Key Accounts and Account Management.

Description

The Regional Account Manager- Sport Apparel is an opportunity not to be missed to be a part of a multi million pound international organisation.

The role itself is tasked with maximising the brands regional sales within South East England, which contains some of the companies largest accounts within the UK.

Reporting directly to the UK field sales manager the Regional Account Manager- Sport Apparel is required to:
  • Drive up sales within the region
  • Identify new business opportunities
  • Engage with a diverse range of customers including Commercial Directors
  • Merchandise the products, ensuring they maintain their visual impact
  • Maximise the existing accounts within the region through frequent visits, selling and replenishment of products
  • Achieve key KPI's as agreed
  • Achieving annual spend and distribution targets for customers within the region
  • act as a brand ambassador for the products, providing first class training and merchandising on the products


Profile

The successful candidate will:
  • Have a proven track record in FMCG sales, and merchandising
  • Be a proven account management and business development professional
  • Be an effective communicator, presenter and negotiator
  • Be a self starter
  • Be driven
  • Be personable
  • Be based on patch
  • Have a clean driving licence


Job Offer

Competitive 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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