Our client is a Apparel and Accessory supplier to the fashion high street. They are currently recruiting for an ambitious and confident Junior Sales Account Manager. The role will be to assist to manage UK sales accounts. To act as an ambassador to the business in a front facing capacity, offering a trusted point of contact for each of our stakeholders & clients at all times. To integrate with other depts. and ensure every opportunity is maximised to the best of their ability. To help to set & manage annual budgets, work with the team to maintain & grow revenue whilst at the same time maximising margin.
Junior Sales Account Manager - The Role:
* To understand & share the companies long term vision & actively engage in promoting the goals & business aspirations
* Make the commercial decisions on a day-to-day basis with the support of the Head of Sales, offering support to the wider sales teams, where necessary
* Participate in the delivery of each year’s budget & forecasts for existing & new business & assist the team to achieve these goals throughout the year, having a close working relationship
* Ensure quarterly review meetings with senior management at Retail are carried out driving the business success and plan
* Help to develop successful strategies to underpin delivery of sales against budgets considering overheads and ensuring we are always maximising opportunity and profitability
* Key participation in bi-weekly sales report meetings, License update meetings, sales meeting; to understand how we are performing & report back to the management team in the monthly Management update meetings
* Offering support to the other sales managers & their customers via a close working relationship & assist in ensuring optimum engagement of the rest of the team throughout the process in support of their efforts
* Manage the commercial process & ensure all lead-time calendars are updated & followed ensuring timely delivery wherever possible
* Deal with customer complaints in a courteous & polite manner, always protecting the company’s position & seeking to find mutually acceptable solutions to business issues
* Work closely with Senior Function Leaders i.e. Design, Technical, Operational, Merchandising & Financial helping to create a co-ordinated, efficient and driven approach at all times with the rest of the sales team
Junior Sales Account Manager - The Candidate:
* Educated to degree level and capable of processing complex information and understanding multifaceted issues.
* Capable of strategic thinking and understand second and third order effects
* Proficient at costing and negotiating (Royalty, Duty, Margins etc.)
* Must be able to use own initiative to gain a business advantage
* Licensing experience an advantage
Junior Sales Account Manager - The Package:
* Competitive depending on experience
UK resident candidates only.
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