Key Account Manager - Golf

Key Account Manager – Golf
PAYNTR, Precision Pro, Rapsodo

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Specialist Sports Group is a well-established and expanding sporting goods agency offering Sales, Marketing, Distribution, and Creative solutions to performance sports brands including world leading brands. Specialist Sports is based on the western edge of Southampton, England.

Specialist Sports provides services for brands in multiple product categories across the UK, Ireland, Europe and several other territories around the world. The category portfolio includes Rugby, Hockey, Cricket, Netball, Tennis, Track & Field, Olympic Sports and Golf featuring a range of products used by many of the world’s best athletes and grassroots enthusiasts. Specialist Sports are brand custodians in many of these categories and hold Sports Marketing contracts with relevant Governing Bodies, leading clubs, and athletes.

With a commitment to growing our capabilities as an authentic route to market and solution provider for an expanding roster of brands, Specialist Sports is seeking an enthusiastic Key Account Manager to deliver a leading commercial performance with our key retail partners in the Golf category.

The Role

The successful candidate will be responsible for maximising Specialist Sports opportunities within wholesale key accounts and buying groups as well as ensuring high levels of service and satisfaction among our Golf industry partners. The role will demand:

• Supporting the business of key Golf customers, maximising commercial revenue from all channels
• Build out a commercial plan across Europe within those key retail partners across our brand portfolio where relevant
• Growing the Golf category through new and existing customers with a pro-active approach to developing existing and new business management of key accounts through with agreed service levels
• Collaboration with partners to ensure accurate planning and strategic growth
• Work with category management team to accurately forecast and inventory for customers inline with commercial targets
• Establish a corporate and partnership commercial opportunity for our brand portfolio
• Provide support in executing the marketing calendar, campaigns, and content for customers and working with the Senior Marketing Manager
• Manage key account orderbook ensuring OTIF fulfilment
• Manage customers day to day including face to face meeting (UK/EU)
• Work closely with sales agents to drive strategic direction for those specific retail partners where applicable
• Use appropriate sell in and sell out tools within the category to ensure brand activity is maintained with correct product images, product information and any associated resources needed
• Work with Category Director and Golf brands on what is needed across different channels to deliver the commercial objectives for the business through TIER 1 retail partners

About You

• Minimum 5 years of commercial experience at managerial level
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Proven track record of leading successfully managed key retail partners
• Creative thinker with results driven mindset
• Expertise in account coordination and execution
• Experience in the golf industry is essential
• Ability to work autonomously
• Keen interest in sport

Salary & Benefits

• Contributory pension
• Bonus structure (based on growth of revenue/margin of agreed key retail partners)
• 25 days annual leave excluding bank holidays

To apply for this role, please email your CV to joinus@specialistsports.com.

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Job Details

Job Title

Key Account Manager - Golf

Brand

PAYNTR, Precision Pro, Rapsodo

Position Type

Full time

Career Area

Account Management

Location

Southampton

Job ID

AR12825

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