Accessories Sales Manager Consultant

HR Inspire; Farnborough; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sales consultancy is looking for an Accessories Sales Manager Consultant to drive accessory sales in Southern England. This field-based role involves engaging with retailers, providing coaching and support, and achieving sales targets. The ideal candidate has a strong sales background, excellent relationship-building skills, and flexibility to travel 70% of the time. The position offers competitive compensation, a company car, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Company Car

Performance-based bonus

25 days annual leave

Pension Plan

Private Healthcare

Cashback health care scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in field sales, preferably in automotive.
• Strong track record of achieving sales targets.
• Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Champion accessory programmes and initiatives.
• Act as the go-to expert for retailers.
• Monitor retailer performance and implement action plans.
• Drive consistency and communication across the field team.

Skills

Field sales experience

Sales targets achievement

Relationship-building

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Microsoft Office

Education

Sales certification or experience

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Accessories Sales Manager Consultant

Location: Field-Based (mainly operating in Southern England)

Salary: Competitive + Company Car + Performance-based bonus

Job Type: Full time, Permanent

Working Hours: 40 Hours Per Week, Monday-Friday

Application Deadline: 20 October 2025

The Opportunity

We are looking for a driven and commercially minded Field-Based Accessories Sales Consultant to join the team focused on the growth of accessory and lifestyle sales across our client's national retailer network. This is a high-impact role within a global automotive brand, combining field engagement, sales coaching, and strategic programme support.

Key Responsibilities

• Champion central accessory programmes and initiatives, identifying opportunities to increase accessory and lifestyle sales across the retailer network.
• Act as the go-to expert for retailers, providing guidance, training, with on-site consulting and coaching to ensure sales targets are consistently achieved.
• Share success stories, develop new sales initiatives, and deliver practical tools to help retailers maximise sales-out opportunities.
• Monitor retailer performance, provide insights, and implement action plans to ensure sales growth and target achievement.
• Conduct regular field visits (in person and virtual), building strong relationships and ensuring program adoption.
• Support onboarding of new team members, act as the first point of escalation for queries, and co-ordinate key projects with both client and internal teams.
• Drive consistency, alignment, and communication across the national field team, ensuring high standards of delivery and retailer support.
• Create and upkeep documentation of 'best practices', retailer presentations and client/stakeholder updates.

About You

Requirements

• Proven experience in field sales, business development, or aftersales management (preferably in the automotive sector).
• Strong track record of achieving and exceeding sales targets.
• Excellent relationship-building and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.
• Commercially astute with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Confident communicator, trainer, and coach, able to inspire retailers to grow their business.
• Flexibility to travel nationally (approx. 70% of the time).
• Strong Microsoft Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word).
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Qualifications / Education

• Certification or proven experience working within the sales environment
• Fluent in English

Why Join Us?

• Our work is customer-centric, interdisciplinary, and international, with rpc represented in twelve countries worldwide.
• Opportunity to work with high-quality clients on impactful projects
• Supportive and collaborative consultancy culture
• Access to ongoing professional development and mentoring
• 25 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays)
• Pension Plan
• Private Healthcare
• Cash back health care scheme

Note: We do not sponsor visas. Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.

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Additional Considerations

Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles such as Aftersales Manager, Senior Aftersales Executive, Aftersales Business Development Manager, Business Development Executive - Automotive Accessories, Automotive Accessories Sales Consultant, Field Sales Manager, or Field Sales Consultant may also be considered for this role.