National Account Manager
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, East Midlands
- Salary
- £35000 - £45000 per annum
- Closing date
- 18 Nov 2019
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
National Account Manager selling into independents and national retailers.
Client Details
Specialist in Housewares - Midlands.
Description
Reporting into the Sales Director, you will be selling a leading premium service into key and independent accounts within the consumer durables channel; covering accounts nationally. You will need to identify and bring in new business, working with or above sales and profit targets in order to grow profitability.
You will need to create and develop sales plans for the customers, keeping their needs in mind whilst ensuring any issues are solved in order to keep customer satisfaction and loyalty. Dealing with Buyers, Directors and Owners your role will be a 70/30 split between new and existing business, and you will have full P+L responsibility for accounts under your remit.
Profile
National Account Manager key skills, experience and attributes required:
- You must have experience within the FMCG, Houseware sector at key account level
- Positive, self motivated and target driven
- Proven track record in achieving new business and developing profitable key accounts
- Ability to understand and interpret P+L, analyse and put in place a plan of action
- Ability to build strong relationships with existing customers and contacts in order to bring on new business
- Strong selling, influencing and negotiation skills, as well as commercial and presentation skills
- Ability to use and understand technology
- Full driving license and able to work across the region
- Midlands
Job Offer
National Account Manager:
- Competitive basic salary
- Company bonus
- Car allowance
- 2-3 days per week in the office; Midlands - East, West
- Laptop and phone
- 25 days holiday
- Pension
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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