Senior Sales Manager | UK Wholesale

Banbury, Oxfordshire | Hybrid
Permanent | Senior Leadership
Salary up to £75,000 Plus Bonus

KPI Retail are exclusively partnering with a growing premium lifestyle and accessories business looking for an experienced Senior Sales Manager to lead and drive its UK Wholesale function across two established consumer brands.

This is a senior commercial role for someone who can combine sales leadership, account growth and people management to drive the next stage of the business's wholesale growth.

The role

You'll take a leading role within the UK Wholesale function, responsible for driving sales performance, developing key customer relationships and ensuring the team delivers against ambitious commercial targets.

You'll be responsible for:

• Leading and driving the UK Wholesale sales strategy
• Delivering against revenue, growth and commercial targets
• Leading, coaching and developing the Wholesale Sales team
• Managing and developing relationships with key wholesale partners and stockists
• Identifying opportunities to grow existing accounts and win new business
• Driving seasonal sell-in and maximising performance across product launches
• Using sales data, customer insight and market trends to identify growth opportunities
• Setting clear targets and monitoring performance across the team
• Building strong relationships with key customers and commercial partners
• Working closely with Marketing, Merchandising, Customer Experience and wider commercial teams
• Providing clear sales forecasts, reporting and commercial insight to senior leadership
• Representing the brands at customer meetings, trade shows and industry events
• Acting as a senior commercial voice within the Wholesale function

What we're looking for

You'll have significant experience within Wholesale Sales leadership, ideally within fashion, accessories, jewellery, beauty, gifting, lifestyle or another product-led consumer business.

We're looking for someone who has experience leading a team and taking accountability for commercial performance, rather than simply managing an individual portfolio of accounts.

You'll be:

• A confident and experienced sales leader
• Highly commercial and comfortable working towards ambitious targets
• Experienced in developing and growing wholesale accounts
• Confident identifying and converting new business opportunities
• Strong at coaching and developing sales teams
• Comfortable using data to understand performance and inform decisions
• An excellent relationship-builder and senior stakeholder manager
• Comfortable operating within a fast-paced, growing business

Hybrid working

The role operates on a three days with the business / two days from home hybrid model.

Those three days won't necessarily mean sitting in the Banbury office. As a senior commercial role, your week could include time at Head Office, visiting customers, attending trade events or travelling to other locations as required.

The remaining two days can be worked from home.

What's on offer?

• Competitive salary
• Bonus opportunity
• Hybrid working - two days from home
• 33 days' holiday including bank holidays, rising to 35 with length of service
• Generous staff discount
• Discounts across hundreds of other retail brands
• Enhanced family-friendly policies
• 24-hour virtual GP and Employee Assistance Programme
• Professional development support
• Free onsite parking
• The opportunity to have genuine influence over the future growth of the UK Wholesale business

Interested?

This is a fantastic opportunity for an established wholesale sales leader who wants to lead a team, drive commercial performance and play a key role in the continued growth of two established consumer brands.

Apply directly or get in touch with Jessica Roose at KPI Retail for a confidential conversation - Jessicar@kpir.co.uk

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