National Account Manager
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, Lancashire, Skelmersdale
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 21 Aug 2019
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
You will be responsible for managing and developing a number of accounts across the Discount and Retail Channel. Our client currently sell into Multiple retailers - Online Retail, High Street & Grocers. Accounts could include; Primark, B&M, The Range, Dunnes and Menkind.
Client Details
Our client is one of the marketing leading Designers, Manufactures and Distributors of gifting products - Branded, Private Label and Bespoke. They operate in a fast paced environment due to been seasonal lead (Fathers/ Mothers day, Christmas and Easter) with their own inhouse design team. Our client is a family run business who have been operating for over 20 years in this sector, they have a wealth of knowledge, experience and long standing relationships.
Description
Creating and pro- actively managing an active sales pipeline of leads, prospects and existing customers
Providing timely and accurate business forecasts.
Managing your critical path process, including management of product selections, samples, quotations and approval processes.
Pricing Negotiation
To use your awareness of trends, the retail market and our business capabilities to identify and proactively seek opportunities for new business.
To liaise effectively with internal departments to ensure we deliver excellent customer service with products delivered on time, in full and to the agreed specification.
Liaise with the Logistics & Supply chain departments to ensure timely deliveries in line with the customer requirements.
Take part in all trade shows as required
Profile
3+ years of experience of managing key and National Accounts working directly with retail buyers.
Experience of winning new business from scratch.
Experience in PL Sector or gifting.
Proven track record of hitting targets in a sales environment.
Job Offer
Great progression and development
Competitive 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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