Wholesale Key Account Manager - Beauty/Cosmetics

Liberty Resourcing; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a passionate Wholesale Key Account Manager for the beauty and cosmetics sector. The successful candidate will work cross-functionally and manage accounts specifically in Germany, demonstrating at least 4-5 years of relevant experience. You should be multilingual, possess excellent communication skills, and have a strong commercial acumen. This role involves liaising with European warehouses and attending trade events to drive initiatives, ensuring timely logistics management.

Qualifications

• 4-5 years of Key Account Management experience is required.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are essential.
• Strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills are essential.
• Experience of maximizing revenue and profit is essential.
• Must ensure on-time shipping through effective production management.

Responsibilities

• Manage accounts for the beauty retail chain in Germany.
• Liaise with warehouses across Europe.
• Attend trade events in Europe and drive new sell-in initiatives.

Skills

Multilingual

Excellent interpersonal skills

Strong commercial acumen

Negotiation skills

Experience in account management

Job description

Wholesale Key Account Manager - Beauty/Cosmetics

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is looking for a 'hands-on’ role where you will work cross-functionally with the entire business. You will have an entrepreneurial approach and be action orientated. The ideal candidate will be passionate, hardworking, positive and self-motivated.

Role overview

You will be multilingual and have experience in after sales support dealing with distributors in and out of Europe, logistics, and account management. You will be responsible for the Account Management of the beauty retail chain in Germany.

• Liaise with warehouses in Europe
• Attend trade events in Europe
• Responsible for new sell in initiatives in key markets

Required attitude, experience and skills

• 4-5 years Key Account Management experience (MUST)
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (ESSENTIAL)
• Strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills (ESSENTIAL)
• Experience of maximising revenue and profit (ESSENTIAL)
• Managing production flow- ensuring on time shipping through following timeline (production, design, marketing and logistics) (ESSENTIAL)