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Key Account Manager

SL/J3720
  • £50000 + Benefits: Bonus, Company Car or Car Allowance, Pension
  • Peterborough, East Anglia,
  • Permanent
Key Account Manager

The Opportunity:
 
Are you a successful and driven HOME RETAIL Key Account Manager?  Do you have experience of working with a large home retailer where you’re their trusted advisor and account manager?  We would like a driven and commercially astute Key Account Manager to understand our key customer objectives and our customers trading priorities, then turn insight into clear plans covering range development, promotions, forecasting, availability, service and profitable growth.
 
The Opportunity:
  • You will initially solely manage the relationship with one major HOME RETAIL KEY ACCOUNT and must offer experience within this market sector in order to secure an interview for this opportunity.
  • You will own and develop the overall relationship with our key national accounts, acting as the company’s lead commercial contact.
  • Grow sales, margin and the overall value of the account in a sustainable way.
  • Identify opportunities to expand existing ranges and introduce new products, categories and routes to market.
  • Lead negotiations on pricing, terms, promotions and range opportunities while protecting Kyoto’s commercial position.
  • Maintain a reliable account forecast and work with internal teams to support stock and production planning.
  • Monitor performance against plan and take prompt action where results, service or profitability are off track.
  • Work closely with product development, marketing, customer service, operations, finance, quality and supply chain teams.
Requires of You:
  • Proven experience managing and growing a major national retail account, ideally within furniture, homewares, consumer goods or a related sector.
  • A strong record of delivering measurable commercial results, such as sales growth, margin improvement, increased listings, stronger distribution or successful promotional activity.
  • Commercially astute, confident with numbers and able to build a persuasive business case.
  • Comfortable using customer data and market insight to shape decisions and challenge constructively.
  • A skilled relationship-builder who can influence at buyer, cross-functional and senior leadership level.
Offering You:
Competitive salary and bonus structure.
Company car or car allowance.
Sarah Lane Permanent Vacancies Manager 01392 423301

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