Position: Sales and Marketing Representative
Our client is looking for an experienced account manager to market their brands and manage their key accounts.
· Key account management, working closely with a select group of key accounts ie: department stores and fashion boutiques and selling appropriate brands/labels to suit their store.
· Share responsibility with sales nationally.
· Identify and secure potential new clients and opportunities to grow the business in New Zealand.
· Provide customers with point of sale for in store ie: putting up showcards, and posters. Merchandising our product in store making sure we are in a good position within the store including promo fit days.
· Have a proactive role within the development of sales and client liaison through to direct marketing of products to customers.
· Conduct research of international and domestic trends and convey to management and customers.
· Have input into implementation and development of organisational procedures and systems and in some instances design.
· Review implementations and provide feedback at management meetings.
· Follow up all orders if not placed on the day and customer enquiries, stock enquiries, deliveries.
· Liaise with designers, attend sales meetings and discussions, sales reports and expense sheets required end of each week.
· Script fashion forecast per brand/ label to send pre season newsletter to existing accounts and possible new accounts pre-selling and `Newsflash' via email/fax.
· Selling, marketing and presentation of brands/labels in Auckland showroom, in store, motels, to achieve orders.
· Attend conference days per label when required either in New Zealand or internationally.
· Organise travel, airfares, motels, hotels, rental cars and couriers where applicable both nationally and/or internationally.
· Responsible for selected brands — ie: sample ranges while in the showroom and on the road selling, good care of ranges.
· Organise packing and unpacking of own ranges, steam pressing if necessary, organise all catalogues, price lists, order forms, photographic prints per label in preparation for selling and presentations.
· Computer skills — Excel, Word, Facebook, Twitter etc.
· Maintain administration in an organised manner ie: filing system, expenses.
· Liaise with customers for advertising material when required and especially for in store promotions ie: 'Promo Pack' for fit days and promo stock.
· Liaise with management on a daily basis and completing any other tasks required ie; answering phones, normal sales administrative duties and assist other staff members when required during busy times.
· Work in an effective and efficient manner.
· Work within the budget and expense account given for travelling expenses. Reaching sales targets.
· Responsible for selling end of season stock and samples and any end of lines or overruns including warehouse sale at end of each season.
· Keep company car maintained and in a clean and tidy condition at all times.
This is a full on role and needs someone with excellent account management experience and time management skills.
Our confidentiality is guaranteed!
For more information about this great opportunity,
Please contact Julie Malone on
09 368 1300 / 021 1560 111
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