Senior Trade Sales Executive, French speaking

Our client is a well-established London brand with a really positive and supportive working culture, that supplies their great products to thousands of loyal retailers worldwide. They are looking for a proactive Senior International Sales Executive to sit within their successful Export Sales Team, to drive international sales with existing and new retailers.

You will have 1+ years of experience of working within consumer product account management, you will have a good understanding of the French / European retail market and fluency in English and French. This is an exciting position within a hugely successful business who are achieving great things!

Your role as Senior International Trade Sales Executive will include:

• Absorbing yourself in the brand – learning all about the products, brand, customers and opportunity
• Provide excellent day to day account management to your allocated customers at all times
• Maintaining and growing business with your retail accounts through new business, upselling, cross-selling, order frequency etc
• Actively following up on all new leads swiftly along side seeking new business leads to contact
• Contacting dormant accounts to convert back to active customers if appropriate
• Keeping an eye on the competition and feeding back on product / service
• Accurately forecasting stock for your accounts
• Attending tradeshows to meet new and existing customers
• Designing incentives to increase sales e.g. flash sales / promotions
• Supporting your Sales Manager and working well within the wider team to meet (and hopefully exceed!) expectations

You will have for this Senior International Trade Sales Executive role:

• 1 + years wholesale sales experience within the consumer products sector
• 1 + experience of working with European retailers
• Proven ability to grow business with retailers
• Excellent English and fluency in French
• A positive, ‘can do’ attitude
• Impeccable organisation and communication skills
• Excellent telephone manner, good vocabulary and literacy skills
• Confidence in using MS Office