Regional Account Executive - East Anglia Region - Home Based £21k

This Retail Company, specialising in traditional paint and wallpaper requires a Regional Account Executive to prospect, manage and develop independent stockists and bookholders in East Anglia. You?ll provide merchandising and training support and an effective communications link to their clients You?ll be calling on existing accounts and driving achievement of sales plan (60%), lead generation and development of new accounts (30%), administration, reporting and forecasting (10%).

The role involves:- Exceeding the Regional Sales Budget for Clients; Prospect and develop potential stockist and bookholders from identification to account opening and ongoing management; Visit & review all accounts by strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats and develop strategies and action plans for improvement and increased performance; Analyse sales by stockist/region/colour/finish to provide help on range planning and focus upon driving growth opportunities; Ensure excellence in merchandising, and display and communicate best practice; Develop and action local marketing activities to support accounts.; Conduct all in-store staff training and co-ordinate training at Company Showrooms as required; Budgeting and sales forecasting together with UK Sales Manger; Provide a monthly report covering sales analysis; market trends, objectives achieved and action plan for the month ahead.

This is an outline Job Description and employees are expected to undertake other duties as directed. Must be prepared to work as part of a team and assist or carry out other duties during periods of high workload, sickness, holidays and emergencies.

We are an Employment Business and an Employment Agency as defined within The
Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Businesses Regulations 2003