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Account Manager – Sports Wholesale & National Retail
Harlow, Essex - Must Drive!
£45k - £50k + Bonus
Are you a results-driven FMCG Account Manager passionate about building relationships and driving sales growth? Do you love all sports?
If so, we have a rare opportunity for an ambitious Sports Account Manager to join an ever-growing sports brand to manage and grow our clients' existing wholesale and national retail accounts while identifying exciting new sales channels across the UK and Europe.
Key Responsibilities:- Develop and nurture strong relationships with existing wholesale and national retail accounts to drive growth, upsell the product range, and strengthen partnerships.
- Work closely with existing wholesale customers to list new products, manage trade promotions, and boost product visibility and representation range.
- Proactively identify and secure new national retail and wholesale customers, expanding the brand's footprint in the UK and globally.
- Implement tailored strategies to drive sales growth, ensuring sales targets are met and exceeded.
- Be the face of the brand, ensuring it is strongly represented across all retail channels, and maintain a deep understanding of market trends and customer needs.
- Experience in fmcg account management within wholesale or retail sectors.
- Ability to build and develop long-term client relationships, particularly with category buyers.
- Sales acumen with experience in upselling, business development, and exceeding targets.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to manage multiple accounts and projects while identifying new business opportunities.
- Knowledge of the UK and European retail/wholesale markets.
Offer:
- A clear opportunity to proactively contribute to the success of the business.
- Career growth opportunities in a dynamic, fast-moving global business.
- Competitive salary with performance-based incentives.
- Travel allowance and expenses are covered as required.
If you are an experienced Account Manager with a passion for relationship-building and sales growth, and you're excited about the opportunity to work with major sports retailers and wholesalers across Europe, we'd love to hear from you!
