Account Manager - Sports
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, Essex
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 8 Aug 2019
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
Exciting opportunity to join a well known and growing sports brand as an account manager covering the east Anglia territory.
Client Details
My client is a well known and well loved sports brand who are continuously adding new products and growing. Seeking a Account Manager - Sports to join their high performing sales team.
Description
Account Manager - Sports
- To maximise and manage regional sales in Independent retail, and Non-corporate leisure .
- To ensure visually impactful brand presence and resultant sell through at site level.
- To provide existing accounts with optimum call coverage, balancing forward order business with ongoing replenishment orders.
- Prospect for new business in an organised and systematic manner.
- Stock and order inventory management at site level.
- Merchandising and training support to sites.
- Forward order taking
Profile
Account Manager - Sports
- Minimum 2 years sales experience.
- Preferably has sales experience across the sports and / or textiles industry.
- Ideally has experience of the retail and leisure sector.
- High quality negotiation skills and some financial acumen.
Job Offer
Competitive Basic + Bonus + Car Allowance
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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