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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

Join in the discussion in our LinkedIn group Michael Page Sales - UK

 

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