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Specialist Sports Limited is a well-established sporting goods agency offering Sales, Marketing, Distribution, and Creative solutions to performance sports brands, including world-leading brand adidas.
Specialist Sports is committed to growing its capabilities as an authentic route to market and solution provider for an expanding roster of brands and categories.
The Running Account Manager will join our Running Specialist Team with a growing business, working with exciting industry-leading products to deliver market-leading standards and ensure an enhanced customer experience.
The Role
The Running Account Manager will manage the fulfilment of Specialist Sports commitments to wholesale trade accounts & other partners. The role will demand:
* Management of a targeted list of Running customers, maximising commercial revenue from B2B and B2C channels by ensuring timely dispatch, on time in full (OTIF), and management of day-to-day queries.
* Working with a northern UK account base.
* Growth of the Running categories through new and existing customers, including a proactive approach to developing existing and finding new business.
* Input to the Category Manager to accurately forecast and control inventory for Running categories and associated products.
* Management/support of Specialist Sports & retail partners' event/expo activity.
* Collaborate with brand coaches to deliver product technical training and promo activations, supporting retailers with up-to-date technical content.
* Management and development of the Running customer orderbook, ensuring timely fulfilment of requirements.
* Management of the Running database of wholesale & B2B customers, ensuring accurate contacts and key engagement dates are met.
* Create appropriate sell-in tools in multimedia for the Running categories and ensure Specialist Sports websites are maintained with correct product images, information, marketing materials, and resources.
* Assist with general sales enquiries via all media, working with the customer fulfilment team to ensure prompt order delivery.
* Other ad-hoc duties as delegated by the Category Manager, Sales and Marketing Director, or their designated representative.
The Running Account Manager should have relevant trade experience and qualifications, an enthusiastic professional approach, and a personal affinity with sports, particularly running. The role will be primarily field-based, with frequent travel to the Southampton office. Specialist Sports offers flexible working with defined minimum core hours, though hours may vary depending on role requirements.
The ideal candidate will be able to identify the needs of both new and current customers to aid their success using our products. This involves developing effective communication with clients and internal teams to understand and mitigate potential issues.
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