Job Title: Voduz Hair Field Sales Account Manager
Job Location: Working remotely covering whole province
Role Type: Full-time
Salary: £38-£55K OTE
Context:
Voduz Hair is an exciting innovative Irish haircare brand. We design and outsource the production of a full range of haircare needs for both the professional and consumer market. Our vast portfolio ranges from full homecare/wet-line products through to electrical styling tools.
Job Description:
The role of a Voduz Field Sales Account Manager is to have full responsibility for all sales on their designated area. Due to phenomenal growth in the hair care industry, we are currently hiring for a position in the Ulster Area.
We want you to excite your customers and encourage them to not only use and stock our brand but to collaborate with us on our journey of growth. Fostering already established relationships with our existing customer base alongside researching and identifying new business opportunities in all areas, trends, platforms to include both online and bricks and mortar sites.
The main aim is to increase our market share and sales within the hair industry, supporting all stockists. The key is to understand each customer’s business needs and develop a business support strategy with each of them through education, social media, merchandising and our overall Voduz expertise.
Key Responsibilities:
- Identifying key opportunities within your defined territory with targeted prospecting.
- Accountable for achieving and exceeding set targets and defined KPIs within your area.
- Support existing customers through the implementation of key promotional and marketing activity to generate sales growth and brand awareness.
- Create a profitable sales pipeline.
- Create an effective and efficient journey plan to facilitate maximum productivity.
- Able to forecast and analyse areas of business growth and opportunities in your area.
- Develop & nurture strong lasting relationships, providing excellent customer satisfaction at all times.
- Support & implement social media strategies with customers in line with Voduz marketing campaigns and encouraging customers to create their own content on their platforms.
- Ensure the Voduz brand presence in businesses are premium and in tandem with all our exciting NPD launches.
- Showcase the Voduz brand to customers offering trial and demo where appropriate, sharing product knowledge.
- Understand the needs of each of your customers and support them with a full Voduz business plan to enable growth.
- Support customers both online and offline in brand experience events in line with our NPD launches or at key retail periods i.e. Christmas.
- Identify opportunities to up-sell and link-sell to develop the area.
- Work closely with logistics/credit control/marketing teams to coordinate support needed for each customer.
- Process all required reports in an accurate and timely manner.
Requirements:
- Proven Field Sales or other relevant experience in the Hair Care/Beauty Industry Retail Pharmacy sector is a distinct advantage.
- B2B Field sales experience is essential.
- Experience in creating and delivering solutions based on customer needs.
- Driven and results orientated with a passion for success.
- Extensive understanding of Social Media platforms and how to utilise/maximise for commercial benefit.
- Computer literate with good working knowledge of Outlook, Word, Excel and ability to create bespoke PowerPoint Presentations for individual customers.
- Excellent communication, influencing and negotiation skills, with the ability to drive and influence both customers and colleagues alike.
- Ability to engage, create and deliver presentations, Business Plans tailored to the customer’s needs.
- A high level of verbal and written communications skills with excellent organisational and time management skills.
- Participate in industry or promotional events e.g. Trade Shows, Demo days.
- Adaptable to change, with the ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced pressurised environment.
- Work effectively as part of a team to promote best practice.
- Desire to continuously learn and develop with a hands-on style, enthusiasm and a demonstrating a passion for the Voduz brand and products.
Contracted Hours:
You are contracted to work Monday to Friday, and you will be entitled to an unpaid lunch break of half an hour each day. Your employment is permanent and full-time, 40 hours per week and such further hours as required to fulfil your duties and as necessitated by the needs of the business.
You may, on occasions, be required to work in excess of these hours due to business needs and operational requirements. You are expected to adopt a flexible attitude to working hours, depending on the demands of the job.