Fashion Account/Sales Manager - fashion supplier
Nottingham - full time head office based role
£345- £40k doe
Our client a successful and well established Fashion supplier to several large retailers throughout the UK are expanding their team and looking to recruit an experienced Fashion Account /Sales manager with previous in Fashion /sock and hosiery experience and a track record of working with high street fashion retailers.
This role will be to develop current existing accounts through the initiation and development of new product ranges to meet the commercial requirements of their customers as well as developing new business within this product area. Managing a client portfolio. 1st point of contact for clients, arranging meetings, identify new customer relationships and making sales pitches. Manage budgets, meet deadlines, achieve targets. Make sure clients pay on time. Provide accurate status reports of existing accounts and new clients.
Skills:
-Strategic account management skills.
-Excellent communication, presentation and negotiation skills.
-Good organisational and time management skills.
-Outstanding interpersonal and multitasking skills.
-The ability to correctly delegate tasks.
-A super business sense and the ability to work within budgetary constraints. --
-The vision to know whether an idea for a product or service is likely to succeed.
-A strong work ethic and attention to detail.
Critical Path
-Problem solving and critical thinking skills.
-Work closely with designer/design team on briefings with the customer.
-Assume general responsibility for all account activity and qualitative/timely delivery of an agreed assignment.