Regional Account Manager
- Employer
- Summit International
- Location
- 1 to cover the North, 1 to cover the South
- Salary
- Competitive package - basic salary, commission, car allowance or company car
- Closing date
- 29 Nov 2019
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
1 to cover: London, East of England, South & South West (Ideally based M4 corridor but not essential)
1 to cover: Midlands, Wales & North (Ideally based north of Birmingham but not essential)
Due to ongoing business development and to drive further expansion, we have an exciting opportunity for two Regional Account Managers to join our business.
A young and dynamic business, that are specialists in Outdoor Leisure Recreation & Sports merchandise. We design, develop and distribute over 800 products to a rapidly growing customer base. Ranging from Independent outdoor retailers to Nationwide grocery groups in the UK and Internationally.
Our brands include Summit camping and walking, ‘POP’ collapsible space saving product, Pursuit sport and fitness, MyBento for life on the move, and Bistro & Co indoor & outdoor dining accessories including BBQ’s.
To succeed at Summit, you will have a proven track record in FMCG non food and drink sales, possess a minimum of 2 years’ experience trading with Independent to medium size retail businesses. You will be commercially astute and have the ability to manage and develop strong collaborative business relationships with both existing and new customers. You will have an entrepreneurial attitude, commitment to drive for results and have excellent negotiation skills.
We require your experience, creative input and ability to analyse customer product ranges, come up with new product suggestions, develop sales plans and strategies to achieve the full potential of our product categories. Whilst ensuring we maximise sales and profitability with customers.
As part of your role, you will be required to attend quarterly sales meetings at our head office and attend trade fairs when and where needed.
In return we offer a very competitive remuneration package comprising of basic salary, uncapped commission, car allowance or company car, plus all out of pocket expenses.
For the right people this is a fantastic opportunity, to take advantage of this please send your CV by clicking the 'APPLY' button
Company
Summit International is a young and dynamic business; a rapidly growing specialist in Outdoor leisure, sports and camping products. Established in 2011, we design, manufacture, import and wholesale our products to the grocery, outdoor, DIY, garden centre and independent retail market.
Our brands are distributed to both the UK and European market. These brands include Summit camping and walking, ‘POP’ collapsible space saving product, Sentinel travel and luggage accessories, Pursuit cycling and fitness, MyBento for life on the move, and Bistro & Co indoor & outdoor dining accessories including BBQ’s.
In addition to Summits portfolio of brands, we have partnered with Discovery Channel a globally recognised brand, to develop and distribute a range of lifestyle and outdoor products carrying the branding Discovery Adventures
Our aim is to enable our customers to enjoy outdoor life whatever the activity or weather and promote wellbeing through our sports and leisure brands.
This is achieved through selective product sourcing, rigorous quality controls, eye catching packaging and presenting artwork to the consumer in a way that allows them to make an informed choice about which product to buy.
We service our customers from the Summit head office and warehouse facility based in Basildon, Essex. We hold 700+ products in stock, that are available for immediate despatch nationwide through our own fleet of vehicles.
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