Account Director – Retail / Marketing (Permanent)

Job Title: Account Director – Retail / Marketing 

Location: London

Salary: base - £50,000 - £60,000 + Commission

Job type: Full Time

Are you ready to start a new chapter in your career, and work for an established and leading Promotional Merchandise company?

At RDP creative, we work with some of the world's biggest and most well-known brands including film, games, theme parks and retail.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fun company in the Promotional Merchandise sector and develop your career.

The Role As Account Director you will be tasked with the strategic management of key accounts & relationships with a select number of accounts, you will cultivate and develop new business opportunities across multiple sectors selling stock & bespoke promotional merchandise items direct to end-users.

Key Responsibilities:

• Implement the business plan and strategic vision with the ability to communicate the vision to the business unit employees
• Ensure sales policies and legal guidelines are communicated all the way from the top down in the company and that they are followed
• Oversee and continuously strengthens activities in sales and new business development throughout the company. Maximising the efficiency in these functional areas through appropriate direct reports
• Help your team member with advice on client pricing, licenses, relationships or complaints
• A leader in the organization relative to the key account base and with new business, client or industry opportunities. Attending pitches when required
• Provide qualified input to sales meetings & make sure all efforts are in alignment
• Input to budget development and monitor
• Enforce the regular updating of the Film Plans
• Forecast accurately & deliver billing on time
• Salesforce advocate for your team ensuring all necessary data is stored on cloud
• Challenging costs every time to improve margin
• Maximising the efficiency of my team in functional areas through appropriate direct reports
• Responsible for the Personal development, growth and appraisal of direct reports
• Help to find new revenue streams where possible
• Key Performance Indicators: Keep overheads as a percentage of sales in line with budget
• Net profit, achieve or improve upon as a percentage of sales in line with budget

The Candidate:

• Minimum 5 years previous sales and at least 3 years of leading a team.
• Proven ability to build strong relationships.
• Excellent negotiation skills.
• Proven track record of growing business with large customer accounts.
• Strong management skills and a natural leader and motivator of people.
• Industry experience from a company within the same market/industry
• Promotional Merchandise experience preferable

Benefits:

• Travel to Work Loans
• Pension Scheme
• Bonus and Commission payments for eligible employees
• 23 days holiday with an increase after years of service
• Eye test voucher + £100 towards prescription glass for work

Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.

Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of Key Account Manager, Senior Account Manager, Business Development Manager, Business Development, Business Developer, Business Development, Business Development Director, Senior Account Manager, Market Development, Senior Marketing Manager, New Client, Brand Knowledge, Market Knowledge, Agent Knowledge, Digital Marketing, Digital Marketing Executive, Marketing Executive, Marketing Manager, Client Relations may also be considered for this role.