Are you commercially minded, great with customers and passionate about building brands?
Location: Field Base
Salary: £38,000 – £43,000 per annum, with a bonus potential of up to 10%
Benefits: Pension, life insurance, employee assistance programme, 25 days’ annual leave, Colart product discounts and flexible hybrid working
Reports to: Mass Senior National Account Manager
We have an exciting opportunity for a Mass National Account Executive to join our UK National Accounts Team on a maternity cover contract.
Working within our Mass Channel, you’ll help manage and grow a portfolio of well-known grocery and high street retailers, supporting the performance, distribution and visibility of Colart’s premium fine art and creative brands both in-store and online.
What you’ll be doing
Working closely with the Senior National Account Manager, you’ll:
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- Support the delivery of account plans, sales and profitability targets
- Monitor sales and product performance, identifying opportunities and potential risks
- Maintain accurate sales forecasts, promotional plans, pricing and account information
- Prepare regular reports and insights on sales, products, competitors and customer performance
- Coordinate customer meetings, range reviews, promotions and planogram activity
- Build strong day-to-day relationships with key customer contacts
- Work closely with Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance and the wider Sales team
- Use data and insight to help retailers develop the right product ranges and identify opportunities for growth
- Support customer presentations, trading discussions and promotional proposal
- Help ensure our brands are represented to a high standard across retailers’ online platforms
What we’re looking for
You’ll ideally have experience in a sales, account support, commercial or customer-facing role, with experience supporting retail or national accounts being an advantage.
You’ll also bring:
- Strong relationship-building skills
- Commercial awareness and confidence working with sales, margin, forecast and customer performance data
- An analytical and inquisitive approach
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- Great attention to detail
- The ability to turn information and data into clear presentations and recommendations
- Confidence using Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
- A proactive, resilient and collaborative approach
- An interest in art and creative brands
About Colart:
Our mission is to “inspire every artist in the world.” Nearly 800 colleagues across 12 countries bring our heritage brands to life, with products sold in more than 130 countries.
Colart is home to Winsor & Newton, Liquitex, Lefranc Bourgeois, Conté à Paris, Charbonnel, SNAZAROO and Reeves, creating innovative products for professionals, hobbyists and students.
As a certified B Corp™, we pursue science-based carbon targets and create financial, environmental and social value through lower impact, community engagement and artist wellbeing.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
Many Voices. One Community. We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive professionally and personally.
Please click here to apply online.