Key Accounts Manager
| Job Type | Permanent |
| Location | North of England and Scotland |
| Area | Scotland, UKNorth East, UKNorth West, UK |
| Sector | Sales & Marketing |
| Salary | To £50,000 + 15% performance bonus + car |
| Start Date | |
| Advertiser | Nick Hester |
| Job Ref | NH/94262. |
- Description
- Join a leading US barbeque manufacturer
- Work with a small, passionate and dynamic team
- Win and manage garden centre group business in your area
Job Description – Key Accounts Manager
- This is a new role, created to drive sales growth into an area with high-growth sales potential for new and existing stockists. Using your skills, contacts and experience you will be tasked with:
- Identifying key independents or garden centre groups that sell garden leisure products.
- Secure meetings with relevant buyers to understand their needs and present solutions
- Secure orders and schedule deliveries
- Assist with in-store set up, assembling demonstration models and training staff
- Visiting regularly to build brand reputation and to secure top-up orders
- Attend trade and consumer events – occasionally at weekends
- Provide product demonstrations
- Work actively within the sales team to share best practice and celebrate successes.
About the Company:
- The outdoor cooking division of WC Bradley provides “Amazing Solutions Every Day” for customers across an international footprint. With a strong, competitive product portfolio unmatched in the outdoor cooking space, our brands include ‘Charbroil’, ‘Oklahoma Joe’s’ and ‘Pit Boss’ that encompass charcoal, gas, electric .
- In the UK, Char-Broil operates a close-knit, people-focused team that blends global expertise with local market knowledge. The UK business works with both major national retailers and specialist garden centres, offering premium barbecue products and outstanding service.
Candidate profile – Key Accounts Manager
We are looking for a dynamic field sales professional with proven results within garden centres, BBQ, outdoor leisure, or garden furniture sectors.
Additional qualities are:
- Strong sales, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
- Self-motivated, organised, and hands-on approach to field sales.
- Confident assembling product displays and delivering product demonstrations.
- Commercially astute, numerate and with capable Excel skills.
- Comfortable working flexibly, including occasional weekend events.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel extensively.
Salary/Benefits Information:
Base salary to £50,000 + 15% performance based bonus. Fully expensed hybrid company car, bbq for home use, staff discounts, 28 days holiday + bank holidays, mobile, laptop.
Contact: Nick Hester
Job Reference: NH/94262
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