Red Door Recruitment
Sportswear Key Account Manager | Edinburgh | Up to £40k
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A successful and fast-growing organization is looking for an experienced Sportswear Account Manager to join their team.
You will be managing the day-to-day running of the business key sportswear customers, with a key part in ensuring the continued success of the company’s own brand as well as 3rd party brand partners.
What’s in it for you?
- Salary: up to £40k
- Hours: flexible working hours, hybrid working
- Car allowance: (although this can change to a company car if required by the company)
- 4x salary Life Insurance and employee assistance programme
- Company Pension
- Staff discount
- Holiday entitlement: 24 days, plus bank holidays, increases with length of service
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the core sportswear requirement for existing accounts along with new sportswear enquiries across the UK
- Manage the direct supply of staff and team sportswear
- Building and executing longer term strategic account plans and proactively identifying new and additional business opportunities
- Build and maintain a high level of customer relationships
- Contribute to the overall development of business through management of selling events and assisting in branches during the back-to-school period
- Brand development of their own sportswear branch, including brand awareness marketing
- Playing a key part in new business acquisition process
- Liaise with the Buying Department, branch managers and customer services regarding any sportswear changes
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- Knowledge of bespoke sportswear products, fabric sourcing, design and manufacture
- Knowledge of available stock supported ranges
- Experience within the sportswear industry essential
- Good general knowledge surrounding a multitude of mainstream sports
- Able to work independently but also able to communicate effectively across a variety of stakeholders
- Excellent organizational skills
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products
Red Door Recruitment is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. Full details available on our website.
Please note due to the number of applications we often receive; only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
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