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Beverages Account Director – Point of Sale
Up to £60,000 + bonuses
Hertfordshire/North London
A rare opportunity for an experienced Account Director who has a background working with clients within the drinks industry on the client, agency or supplier side.
As an Account Director, you will be tasked with the strategic development of a portfolio of clients based in the alcoholic and soft drinks industry.
To succeed in this role, you must have a bit of ‘umph’, be proactive with a genuine passion for branding and a solid understanding of POS.
Your key objectives will be:
- Take ownership and delivery of agreed financial targets
- Ensure the development of key client relationships, including senior personnel
- Development and execution of client account plans
- Client retention and development, including the selling of the companies services
- Identification and sharing of best practice amongst the sales and account management team
- Building and developing excellent relationships with other departments
- Timely, insightful and accurate reporting
- Delivery of great client service
This is a pivotal role, you will be working with some of Europe’s largest brands and pub groups, supporting the Drinks Divisional Director and an account team to maximise revenue and profitability of the client portfolio.
Essential Experience:
- Experience working in the drinks industry on the client, agency or supplier side
- Experience of Creative and Print production for POS, Branding and Events.
- In depth knowledge of the legislations and corporate and social responsibilities surrounding the drinks industry
- Inspirational team leader with ability to motivate and get the best out of others
- Excellent interpersonal skills, able to develop positive relationships internally and externally
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to plan and prioritise work to meet client and business needs
- Commercially astute, understands how to drive revenue and profit
- Sound technical understanding of all POS, Print and Branding services
- A ‘can do’ attitude always focused on getting the job done to the highest standards possible
- An excellent communicator
- Ability to work at pace whilst maintaining great attention to detail
- Good IT literacy, including good knowledge of MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel
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