Optical Sales Representative - Lenses (Flanders)

Luxottica; Brussel; Sur place; EUR 38 000 - 60 000; Plein temps

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Résumé du poste

EssilorLuxottica in Brussels seeks an Optical Sales Representative / Advisor to engage independent optician clients and advocate our lenses across channels. You will build and maintain relationships, drive growth, and ensure the best products reach the most relevant customers.

You will develop and execute field programs, improve value-added sales, and collaborate with Bespoke and Transitions teams to support customers and achieve targets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Optician/Optometrist.
• Experience in sales account management.
• Ability to work autonomously and within a remote team.
• Excellent problem-solving and initiative to meet deadlines.
• Fluent in Dutch and English; French a plus.
• Ability to analyze data and adapt communication.
• Excellent time management and relationship-building.
• Experience in sales negotiations.

Responsabilités

• Manage independent direct and indirect accounts with an effective field program.
• Sell the full range of EssilorLuxottica lenses to increase sales and become the preferred supplier.
• Present marketing activities and negotiate to differentiate with premium lenses.
• Review customer activity and tailor commercial offers to secure volumes.
• Coordinate customer training and seminars on new and existing products.
• Maintain accurate customer records and reports for relevant accounts.
• Stay updated on EssilorLuxottica products and competitors.
• Represent the EssilorLuxottica brands with colleagues across teams.

Connaissances

Sales account management

Data analysis

Negotiation

Time management

Communication

Dutch language

English language

French language

Autonomy

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Optician/Optometrist

Description du poste

We are a global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of ophthalmic lenses, frames, and sunglasses. We offer our industry stakeholders in over 150 countries access to a global platform of high-quality vision care products (such as the Essilor brand, with Varilux, Crizal, Eyezen, Stellest and Transitions), iconic brands that consumers love (such as Ray-Ban, Oakley, Persol, Oliver Peoples, Vogue Eyewear and Costa), as well as a network that offers consumers high-quality vision care and best-in-class shopping experiences (such as Sunglass Hut, LensCrafters, Salmoiraghi & Viganò and the GrandVision network), and leading e-commerce platforms.

Join our global community of over 190,000 dedicated employees around the world in driving the transformation of the eyewear and eyecare industry.

Your #FutureInSight with EssilorLuxottica

Are you willing to pioneer new frontiers, foster inclusivity and collaboration, embrace agility, ignite passion, and make a positive impact on the world? Join us in redefining the boundaries of what’s possible.

Your role:

As an Optical Sales Representative / Advisor, you will report directly to the Regional Sales Manager. You will engage independent optician clients with effective account management to advocate our lenses among existing accounts to boost profitable sales through direct and indirect channels. You will ensure the best products are positioned to the most relevant customers. You will also look for opportunities to acquire new clients for lenses directly or to introduce other members of our EssilorLuxottica team to ensure growth.

You will develop, build, and maintain relationships to promote sales of the company's entire product range in line with stated objectives and forecasts to ensure that EssilorLuxottica progresses and develops as the preferred supplier to customers in the territory, always motivated and aiming for excellent results.

Main responsibilities:

• Ensure an effective and consistent field program for independent direct and indirect accounts.
• Sell the full range of EssilorLuxottica lenses products in your geographic area to increase sales, ensuring EssilorLuxottica becomes the preferred supplier through negotiations with opticians.
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• Present all relevant marketing/commercial activities to key staff, agreeing on actions and processes necessary to ensure success, focusing on differentiation with personalized lenses and premium technologies.
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• Regularly review customer business activity, product rangeand supplier preferences, promoting EssilorLuxottica lenses as the first choice but ultimately securing lens volumes with a tailored commercial offer.
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• Agree and implement customer training, both practical and in the form of seminars, on all new and existing products to improve value-added sales and product range.
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• Maintain accurate customer records and reports for relevant accounts to ensure precise analysis of sales data and market activities, recording all relevant information in see4c.com.
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• Ensure that knowledge of EssilorLuxottica and competitor products is continuously maintained.
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• Continuously evaluate the market, maintaining comprehensive records on customers and competitors to identify opportunities and provide detailed call reports, monthly reports, and planning sheets to the sales management team.
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• Act as an ambassador for the EssilorLuxottica lenses brands, collaborating with colleagues from the Bespoke and Transitions teams to engage customers when appropriate.

Main requirements:

• Bachelor's degree as an Optician/Optometrist
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• Successful experience in sales account management in a related field
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• Ability to work both autonomously and within a remote team
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• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to take initiative to meet tight deadlines
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• Excellent verbal and written communication skills: Dutch is a must-have, as well as English. French is a strong plus.
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• Ability to effectively analyze and interpret data
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• Adaptability in communication style according to situations and contexts
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• Establish trustful relationships with all stakeholders
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• Excellent time management and organizational skills
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• Experience in using sales and negotiation techniques

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