Strategic Textile Sales Manager — Hybrid/Travel

John Lewis Partnership; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 53 000 - 65 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Herbert Parkinson, part of the John Lewis Partnership, seeks an experienced sales professional to drive profitable growth across key accounts and high-value clients. The role involves presenting at trade shows, maximizing long-term account value, and leveraging the full product portfolio with strong negotiation and relationship-building skills.

The position requires a full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to customer sites and exhibitions, with permanent, mobile responsibilities, and

Qualifications

• Proven track record in driving profitable sales growth.
• Demonstrable experience of managing key accounts and building long-term client relationships.
• Comprehensive knowledge of textile industry.
• Technically adept with a proven ability to evaluate customer requirements vs product proposition.
• Exemplary communication and relationship-building skills, adept at expanding professional networks.
• Strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Full UK driving licence.

Responsabilités

• Use high impact sales strategies to deliver bold, ambitious sales targets while maximising gross margin and overall account profitability.
• Identify and target high-value prospective clients aligned with the ICP, driving end-to-end sales execution, optimising pipeline conversion rates.
• Presentation of the Herbert Parkinson / John Lewis business at relevant trade shows & industry events to drive a healthy pipeline of business leads & customer interactions.
• Retain key customers & maximise life time account value by leveraging the full product portfolio to uncover high-margin upsell and cross-sell opportunities.
• Monitor customer account performance ensuring the ACV has been realised, review pricing & mitigate risks to business performance.
• Provide technical expertise to assist customers in the optimal product selection from the portfolio.
• Provide market intelligence & customer insight to the Product Manager to support ongoing product portfolio enhancement and expansion.

Connaissances

Sales growth

Key account management

Textile industry knowledge

Customer requirements evaluation

Communication skills

Negotiation

Driving licence

Description du poste

Herbert Parkinson, part of the John Lewis Partnership, seeks an experienced sales professional to drive profitable growth across key accounts and high-value clients. The role involves presenting at trade shows, maximizing long-term account value, and leveraging the full product portfolio with strong negotiation and relationship-building skills.

The position requires a full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to customer sites and exhibitions, with permanent, mobile responsibilities, and