Key Account Manager - UK & US

Job Summary

As a Key Account Manager, you will be responsible for building and strengthening relationships with our strategic accounts in the United Kingdom & North America, along with providing support to the Trade Marketing team on all commercial and marketing activities to support the growth of those key markets.

Key Responsibilities:

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  Build & achieve sales targets for key strategic accounts within the region, taking responsibility for category and range development.
• Forecast and communicate monthly deviations to target as well as any implications or actions needed.
• Document and keep updated retailer brand plans, including any NPD launches and negotiate 360 marketing activities in partnership with the Trade Marketing team.
• Monitor healthy level of stock across all retailers, with strong sell in vs sell out analytics data
• Monitor brand image & accuracy of assets on E-retailers and Pure Players platforms, ensuring our customers have a seamless omnichannel journey.
• Planning pre-sales of NPD launches and providing all information (New Launch Forms), and 360 brand assets to retailers.
• Constantly build best-in-class relationships with all retail partners & conduct successful commercial monthly meetings relating to building strong plans, secure new launches, always providing 360 support on all touch points (social, online, training and in-store visibility), and review business updates.
• Build a profitable & ROI driven joint business plan with your key accounts
• Record monthly retail sales data and extract relevant information to identify key growth factors & provide recommendations to sales challenges.
• Regular retail visit of key account doors, to ensure strong presence, best-in-class merchandising and training, as well as building excellent relationships with the management team.
• Support in organising product training both in store and remotely, online for our key accounts.
• Actively look for new business opportunities across countries while ensuring this supports the brand wholesale strategic priorities, and driving the brand growth in a sustainable way.

Key Skills:

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  English Speaking essential, French desirable
• 3-5 years of proven success in account management within the beauty industry, with management experience.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build effective relationships
• Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Data driven, analytical and results oriented
• Proactive attitude with a forward thinking mindset
• Team player who thrives working in a collaborative environment but who can also work independently when required
• Ability to multi-task and deliver results in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to travel around the UK, US & Canada as required

Candidates invited to interview will need to demonstrate their right to work in the UK.