Sales Manager
19 hours ago
Bradford
Do you have sales and design experience from the luxury wool manufacturing industry? Are you relentless in your focus and driven to fully commit to your customers? Do you enjoy regular overseas travel? Weâre partnering with a hugely successful British heritage brand who are looking to strengthen their team with an experienced Export Sales Account Manager. This is a customer-focused sales role where youâll work in support of the Brand Director to maintain strong working relationships with high end, luxury brand clients such as Chanel and Gucci. Itâs the kind of role that will consume you both inside and outside of work; weâre looking for someone relentless in their passion for beautiful fabrics and who is willing and able to travel extensively. Youâll be joining an intimately collaborative business, so when youâre not overseas, youâll be based at the manufacturing site in West Yorkshire. What You Get ⢠A salary of ÂŁ50k, ⢠25 days holiday + bank holidays, ⢠Mobile phone, laptop and credit card, ⢠Mileage paid for minimal UK travel, ⢠The opportunity to attend the offices of some of the worlds most prestigious fashion brands, ⢠Personal development opportunities About You ⢠Before you read on any further, itâs essential that you have a strong knowledge of wool / worsted manufacturing and the end products, ⢠Youâll have an impeccable track record in account management / customer service / sales, where your client base are high end, requiring a lot of attention, ⢠As well as being utterly professional, you should also have grit and determination with the ability to negotiate, ⢠A true brand ambassador, youâll maintain strong working relationships with your extensive customer base, attending face to face meetings often in Paris, Italy and London, ⢠Natural drive, genuine ambition and tenacity are what propels you through your chosen career path, ⢠Selling to apex brands will stimulate you no end, ⢠Youâll enjoy a lot of travel â thereâs nothing holding you back, ⢠Youâll be commutable to West Yorkshire About The Job ⢠Joining as Export Sales Account Manager, youâll be responsible for looking after a high-value portfolio of luxury brand customers, ⢠Wherever possible, you will be front-facing with your client base to discuss upcoming trends, seasonal product launches and one-off product requests, ⢠Youâll be the glue holding together the relationships between your customer and the flagship production facility in West Yorkshire; with your strong export knowledge, hardy administration skills and your flair for design, youâll be key player in the production of your customersâ unique and beautiful fabrics, ⢠You will keep on top of what your competitors are making and provide market intelligence to the design team; working closely with them to create new designs in keeping with seasonal changes and trends, ⢠Itâs not a numbers driven role; your aim is to retain customers and continue to build the relationships further, ⢠Thereâs no doubt about it, there is a lot of travel required as part of this role About The Company ⢠A true British heritage manufacturer in the making for over 250 years, ⢠Theyâre a stable business who offer a long-term career path, ⢠The hiring manager says âthereâs no better place to workâ