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National Account Manager
Job Location:Poole, Dorset
Job Type:Permanent
Salary:Circa £55,000 + excellent a car allowance
Hours:39 hours per week - Monday Thursday 8am 5pm with a 4pm finish on Friday + free parking
Benefits:Free onsite parking, modern open plan office, 23 days holiday increasing to 28 days after
5 years service plus bank holidays + Option to buy up to 4 days additional holiday every
year, Various discounts available for shopping / cinema / gyms etc, death in service
scheme, welcoming team environment, regular social events.
We are recruiting for a talented National Account Manager to join a well-established decorative homeware company based in Poole.
This company have built a reputation for their high-quality products that they design, manufacture and supply to the B2C and B2B market.
Working within a small friendly team, you will be responsible for nurturing national retail accounts such as Dunelm, B&Q and Very whilst ensuring that the you are helping to develop and supply product ranges which meet the needs of their customers and themselves. This role will suit someone who enjoys optimising opportunities with existing customers and building long term relationships.
Primarily, this is an office-based role but occasionally you will be required to travel to customer sites around the UK as well as to the far east to visit the manufacturing facilities to hold meetings with customers.
Reporting to the National Accounts Director, your responsibilities will include;
Developing and maintaining strong relationships with customers.
Creating and maintaining a plan for each of your National Accounts including introducing new product ideas, short term promotions, pricing etc.
Managing the development of projects and keeping internal departments and customers up to date.
Organising and managing customer meetings, ensuring that you are fully prepared with samples, costs, designs and proposals.
Continually reviewing business performance to ensure continuous optimisation of sales and margin.
Assisting with annual terms and price negotiations.
Assisting with financial reporting including budgets, forecasts and costs.
Working with the customer and supply chain team to manage the product lifecycle.
Keeping the business informed with any customer or product news.
Researching competitor activity and ranges and feedback all relevant activity to the business.
Aiming to exceed internal sales, margin and share targets.
The successful applicant will possess:
5 or more years account management experience with experience presenting to buyers
Experience working with a product
Excellent customer service experience
A strong commercial acumen with the ability to understand broader issues and how they can impact customers
Strong communication skills so you can keep all stakeholders up to date with clear, concise briefings and information
Proficient in Outlook & Excel (formulas)
In return for your hard work the company offer:
- 23 days holiday increasing to 28 days after 5 years service plus bank holidays + Option to buy up to 4 days additional holiday every year
- Excellent car allowance
- Free car parking
- Various discounts available for shopping / cinema / gyms etc.
- Death in service scheme
- Welcoming team environment
- Regular social events
Hours:Monday Thursday 8am 5pm with a 4pm finish on Friday + free parking
For more information about this brilliant opportunity please contact our Recruitment Team on 01202 686000 or apply with a full CV.
Those who have the right skills and experience, our aim is that you will hear back from us within 24 hours but due to the high number of applications we are receiving at present, we are unable to respond to every application individually so If you do not hear from us within 3 days, please assume that your application at this stage has not been successful. As new positions arise, we will review any applications already made to us and may contact you about other suitable roles.
Resource Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to a policy of treating all its employees and job applicants equally. It is the policy of the Company to take all reasonable steps to ensure that each applicant is assessed only in accordance on the basis of their qualifications, skills and abilities to perform the relevant duties without prejudice in regards to background, religion, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, disability or gender.
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