Sales Account Manager – Menswear Loungewear & Underwear – Leeds
Reference: GC81899
About the Role
An amazing opportunity to join an iconic menswear brand as a Sales Account Manager – Loungewear & Underwear. You’ll champion the brand both in the UK and internationally, fostering strong retail partnerships, achieving budgeted targets, and bringing market-defining products to life in collaboration with design and product teams.
What You’ll Do
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Own Your Accounts: Sustain, grow, and exceed sales goals across your portfolio while keenly identifying new growth paths.
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Champion Product Innovation: Feed customer insights to Design, Product, and Merchandise teams—spotting seasonal and incremental opportunities.
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Drive Forecasting & Budgeting: Develop annual plans, backed by weekly/monthly/quarterly insights to keep targets and margins on track.
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Manage Stock & Supply Execution: Quantify and initiate stock flow, ensuring deliveries meet client expectations.
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Align Cross-Functionally: Collaborate with QA, Logistics, Finance, Warehousing, and IT to streamline customer and supplier processes.
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Represent the Brand: Prep showrooms, support seasonal photography, and visit customer locations to boost brand visibility and relationship depth.
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Negotiate & Protect Margins: Secure optimal pricing, payment terms, and delivery schedules to uphold commercial targets.
About You
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Industry Expertise: 5+ years in menswear—spanning casual and formal—ideally with loungewear or underwear exposure.
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Product Savvy: Familiarity with fabric characteristics, product development from sketch to shipment, and use of production/shipping terminology.
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Operationally Astute: Comfortable with budgeting, forecasting, and process coordination across multiple departments.
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Relationship-Driven: Exceptional communication and negotiation skills; confident presenter with a consultative flair.
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Analytical & Tech-Forward: Strong in Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUP), Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Illustrator—and numerically adept.
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Driven & Agile: Self-motivated under tight deadlines, resilient under pressure, and strategically minded.
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Mobility: Full UK driving licence, open to travel (including overnight stays) during critical sales seasons.
Qualifications: Degree-educated or equivalent professional calibre.
UK Travel to customers required.
Hybrid Working available.
