FRENCH SELECTION (FS)
French speaking Regional Key account manager
Location: Woking
Salary: up to £65,000 per annum plus bonus (£100K OTE)
Ref: 734FG
To apply using our preferred format, please visit French Selection website, go to the vacancies page, search job reference: 734FG
The company:
Leading manufacturer with Head office in Europe
Main duties:
Be responsible for developing relationships with distributors and merchants, managing and maximising business from existing accounts, and investigating new possibilities throughout the region
The role:
- Develop distributor and merchant relationships
- Manage and maximize business from existing accounts
- Investigate new business opportunities in the region
- Self-manage daily activities and appointments
- Maintain continual market awareness
- Promote products and attend exhibitions and seminars
- Act as the technical expert for queries from customers
- Extensive travel across Europe, assist with trade shows
- Train sales staff at distribution outlets and maintain stock
- Collaborate with head office, catalogue and marketing managers
- Update or provide new point-of-sale materials
- Educate clients and building specifiers about products
The candidate:
- Fluent in French to business level (written and spoken)
- Additional fluency in German and or Dutch - strong advantage
- Proven track record in sales and account management
- Previous experience selling boxed spare part products
- Customer focused attitude and great personality is essential,
- Willingness to travel to France and other European countries
- Reporting to the Divisional Director, providing regular intelligence reports
The salary: up to £65,000 per annum plus bonus (£100K OTE)
French Selection, leading UK-based consultancy specialising in the recruitment of bilingual and multilingual professionals for international business (industries and services). We are the leading recruitment consultancy for German, French, Italian and Spanish speaking positions. Also recruiting for positions with other languages such as Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian languages, Mandarin, Japanese and Arabic