Contract: Permanent
Closing date: 15th November
Recruitment Partner: Anastasia Walker
Who we are
No7 Beauty Company is made up of five iconic brands - No7, Liz Earle, Soap & Glory, Botanics and Sleek MakeUP. We believe in creating the best in beauty for everyone - we’re innovators with a passion for challenging perceptions with ground-breaking products, proven results and positive impact. We have built a reputation on scientific innovation, whilst being environmentally sustainable and socially responsible. We are an equal opportunity employer, empowering our team members to be their authentic selves as we share a culture where diversity, equity and inclusion are at the centre of everything we do.
About the role
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an Account Manager to join a forward-thinking organisation. This is a high profile and strategically important role, where you will have the responsibility to drive and accelerate the Liz Earle brand across a portfolio of important retailers.
About the Opportunity
Leading the John Lewis and e-retail business, you will work closely with experienced colleagues across the marketing, category, supply chain and finance functions to develop and execute plans to successfully deliver our commercial goals. Reporting into Head of Commercial you will:
Key Responsibilities
* Develop the sales strategy and joint business plans, to successfully achieve Liz Earle’s and retailer’s commercial goals.
* Pro-actively manage the relationships between Liz Earle and the customers, delivering growth and unlocking opportunities.
* Full P&L management and accountability including sales revenue, trade spend, market share and profits targets.
* Build and develop effective relationships through an engaging contact strategy, utilising different functional teams to deliver a best-in-class partnerships.
* Provide all the required inputs for the Monthly Business Planning cycle.
* Pro-actively work with a range of cross functional stakeholders to deliver great results.
* Closely monitor industry and competitor activity, to ensure our retailer strategies are in line with market demands
What you’ll need to have
To be successful, you’ll already have a good breadth of sales experience under your belt as an Account Manager or a high-performance Junior NAM looking to set up. Experience of the Beauty sector is desirable, but not essential. You will be passionate about Beauty, tenacious, results focused and enjoy working in a highly energetic and exciting environment. Acting as a brand ambassador, you will have commercial capability and have experience of influencing across all levels.
You will also:
* Have experience of working with cross functional stakeholders to develop and execute sales strategies, to unlock sustainable and profitable growth.
* Demonstrate robust P&L management experience.
* Be an experienced negotiator, with experience to developing and running JBP’s
* Omni-channel experience, managing customers with varying formats and differentiated strategies.
* Demonstrate high levels of resilience, having managed demanding customers and stakeholders.
* Be curious! Specifically, to develop a deep understanding of retailers, to develop long term and sustainable growth opportunities for Liz Earle
* Have a solid understanding of Supply Chain and demand planning principles.
Our benefits
* Retirement Savings Plan
* Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay
* Discretionary annual bonus
* Generous discount on our own brands and partner businesses
* Flexible benefits scheme including holiday buying, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - go to no7company.jobs/working-here to find out more.
What's next
Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.
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