Senior Account Manager
Posted 4 days ago by Soleil Collective
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Senior Account Manager role at Soleil Collective involves driving brand growth in wholesale within the UK, focusing on building relationships with retail partners and executing marketing strategies. The position requires a proactive individual with a passion for sales and business development, who can manage retail marketing spend and ensure financial targets are met. This is a maternity cover position that emphasizes collaboration with teams across various regions. The role reports directly to the Chief Sales Officer based in the USA.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop new retail leads, approaching and pitching our brands to new retail partners
- Drive, co-develop with the Chief Sales Officer, and closely manage the implementation of the distribution business plan for our retail brands
- Present to our existing and new retail partners our current products and new product launches, driving excitement for the brands
- Secure and manage the best in class retail partners in the UK ensuring financial targets are met
- Create, plan and execute marketing plans for campaign launches, collaborate with stakeholders to put together a plan of action for successful execution and to maximise revenue and profit
- Responsible for monthly reporting, profit & loss reporting, setting of performance measurement/matrix to measure the well-being of our retail partners
Key Skills:
- A minimum of 4 years experience in sales and account management in the UK market for beauty brands
- Experience working with Boots an asset
- Must have experience managing OMNI channel retailers
- A track record of growing beauty brands sell in and sell out in the UK market with retail partners
- Excellent verbal, presentation, and written communication skills
- High energy with a strong sense of urgency to excite and inspire new retail partners about our brands
- Highly organised and results driven
- Ability to quickly adapt and learn
- Financial/Quantitative Acumen for reporting
- Enthusiasm for the beauty industry
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Other
About Soleil Collective
Backed by Gauge Capital, Soleil Collective is building a portfolio of leading high-growth brands specializing in sunless tan, suncare, and bodycare products. Soleil accelerates growth and improves profitability with sales, marketing, operations, and strategic management expertise. We have completed two acquisitions to date: Loving Tan and Coco & Eve. Loving Tan is the category leader in prestige tanning, delivering the most natural-looking tan. Proudly made on Australia’s famed Gold Coast, the professional quality, natural olive color, and flawless application are beloved by A-listers, creators, and beauty lovers alike. Coco & Eve’s story starts in Bali, among the island’s volcanic beaches and lush rainforests. The brand allows you to glow up like you just returned from a trip to paradise with our sun-kissed, skin-loving tan products and deliciously scented, efficacious haircare—all formulated with the best tropical Balinese ingredients.
About the Job
We are seeking an enthusiastic Senior Account Manager (One year Maternity Cover) with the passion to drive exponential brand growth in wholesale within the UK. You will constantly uncover new opportunities with our current and new retail partners. This is an extremely exciting opportunity for someone who loves sales, business development and analysis. You are a people person who can build great relationships with our partners whilst driving strong commercial negotiations. This role encapsulates the development and implementation of retail strategies, marketing plans, forecasting, pricing, as well as managing retail marketing spend with a focus on the UK market for our brands. This role leads across the planning, execution, performance review and recommendations for all marketing and trading initiatives across all assigned retailers, for physical and online retailers. You will be reporting to the Chief Sales Officer based in USA, working alongside the retail and brand teams in US, Europe and APAC.
Responsibilities
Develop new retail leads, approaching and pitching our brands to new retail partners
Drive, co-develop with the Chief Sales Officer, and closely manage the implementation of the distribution business plan for our retail brands
Present to our existing and new retail partners our current products and new product launches, driving excitement for the brands
Secure and manage the best in class retail partners in the UK ensuring financial targets are met
Create, plan and execute marketing plans for campaign launches, collaborate with stakeholders to put together a plan of action for successful execution and to maximise revenue and profit.
Responsible for monthly reporting, profit & loss reporting, setting of performance measurement/matrix to measure the well-being of our retail partners
Role Requirements
A minimum of 4 years experience in sales and account management in the UK market for beauty brands
Experience working with Boots an asset
Must have experience managing OMNI channel retailers
A track record of growing beauty brands sell in and sell out in the UK market with retail partners
Excellent verbal, presentation, and written communication skills
You must be high energy with a strong sense of urgency to excite and inspire new retail partners about our brands.
Highly organised and results driven
Ability to quickly adapt and learn
Financial/Quantitative Acumen for reporting
Enthusiasm for the beauty industry
Your profile
Highly organized and able to manage multiple priorities effectively
Results-oriented with a strong focus on achieving targets
Adaptable and resilient in a fast-paced environment
A strong team player with a collaborative mindset
Demonstrates a strong sense of ownership and accountability