Commercial Manager - Discounters
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, London
- Salary
- £50000 - £65000 per annum
- Closing date
- 11 Mar 2021
View more
- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
My client are looking for an experience National Account Manager / Senior National Account Manager level candidate to proper the business into a new channel. They are already successful online, via distributors and via independent retail stores. Your role is to help them break into the discounter channel.
Client Details
My client are a leading personalised gifting business with a Global presence. They have manufacturing established in China and multiple offices throughout Europe. All of the design work is done in-house and so they are very self sufficient and operate in an agile manner.
Description
The key responsibilities will be:
- Communicating with new and existing clients, building and developing relationships
- Identifying commercial opportunities
- Setting budgets
- Manage the P&L of all of your key accounts
- Look after each JBP with target customers
- Understand customer KPIs, targets and review performance
- Organising and managing regular customer meetings
- Preparing for meetings and ensuring samples, costs, designs, presentations and proposals are ready
- Completing market reviews to be done with SWOT highlighted and 'how' opportunities will be achieved
- Formulating customer specific sales plans/strategies in line with accountable budgets, costing, packaging and retail prices
- Liaising with the product and technical teams
Profile
The successful candidate will have:
- Current contacts and recent experience within the discounter channel
- P&L / JBP experience
- Strong negotiation skills
- Ability to work on your own
- Be able to spot opportunities
- Gifting background is a benefit
Job Offer
Attractive and 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
Join in the discussion in our LinkedIn group Michael Page Sales - UK
Get job alerts
Create a job alert and receive personalised job recommendations straight to your inbox.
Create alert