Job description
Job Description
We are looking for a hardworking and energised Account Manager with experience of the UK retailer space with P&L ownership exposure who would like to help us reach more children at one of the most loved brands.
We have an exciting opportunity for a collaborative relationship focused and analytically savvy Account Manager to grow our offering in partnership with our customers. If you would love to work within a collaborative and encouraging, future thinking team owning important customer relationships, then this is the role for you!
Core Responsibilities
- Report into the UK&I Sales Director.
- Take full accountability for end-to-end Account Management accounts in UKI.
- Including short and long-term business planning, financial management, and excellent execution of commercial priorities.
- Collaborate across a wide variety of internal and external partners functions such as Brand Marketing, PR, Business Intelligence, Trade Marketing, and Operations to implement specific retailer plans and support company initiatives.
- Lead external discussions via annual joint business plans as well as day to day contact to ensure a strong return on investments.
- Take ownership of your own individual development plan to target priority competencies and stay at the forefront of emerging trends.
Play your part in our team succeeding!
This is a fantastic opportunity to for a strong account manager who is looking for their next step to Account Manager. The UK and Ireland Sales Team are a dynamic, supportive, and professional group who strive to deliver best in class service to our retail partners and accelerate the mutual value of our businesses.
Do you have what it takes?
- Commercial experience in sales or a related commercial function.
- A proven record of outstanding business results and high accountability.
- Effective relationship building with a collaborative approach.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills at all levels of business.
- In-depth analytical skills with a proficiency in Excel.
- A balance of short-term results focus and long-term strategic work.
- Proficient in English both written and spoken.
- Full UK driver’s license required.
- We offer a hybrid working model called ‘Best of Both’ with a working split of 2 days working from home and 3 days in the office.
What’s in it for you?
Here are some of what to expect:
- Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
- Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.
- Wellness – We want you to be your best self, so you'll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programmes run by local teams where you are based.
- Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.
- Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.
- Your workplace – When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. The hiring team will discuss the principles of our hybrid work model 'Best of Both', role eligibility and frequency with you during the recruitment process.
Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.
The LEGO Group is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay regardless of e.g. race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity.
The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.
Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.
Just imagine building your dream career.
Then make it real.