National Account Manager

at  Samsung Electronics

Position Summary
Samsung is an amazing place to work full of endless opportunities, exceptional people and an excellent environment. As well as this, Samsung provides the opportunity to be a part of innovation that makes a real difference in the lives of millions of people worldwide. We are looking for exceptional people to join our journey. Throughout our history, we’ve taken on big challenges and we strive to be the very best at what we do. This spirit is the driving strength that has made us a global leader. This sustains our ambition to develop state of the art technologies that push the boundaries of what’s possible. Come and join us as we take on the next big challenges of the future.
It is the creativity and diversity of the people who work at Samsung that has made us one of the world’s most creative companies, and our people continue to drive our innovation forward. We have a real passion for what we do. Our work environment is open and collaborative which facilitates sharing of the rare knowledge and expertise that each individual brings. Samsung is a place where you can work with great people and your ideas can be brought to life in new products and solutions that are crafting the future of how we live.
Role and Responsibilities
It is the National Account Manager’s role to broaden SEUK’s points of entry into sales channels and increase Samsung’s standing within the account.

The ultimate goal is to significantly grow market share to current business aspiration delivering upside both in terms of volume and value and to maintain leadership for Samsung within the UK consumer electronics market!

• Deliver on set parameters that have been laid out as the strategy for SEUK in such areas as finance, marketing and operations and work to improve operational efficiency in these areas.
• Maintain and grow relationships within the named account(s) at appropriate levels
• Gather sales and market information from the customer.
• Attend weekly cross functional account meetings.
• Play a key role in the construction of the commercial plan for the quarter
• Build and maintain a weekly account log
• Support weekly sales and supply chain/PSI meetings to raise issues which affect customers and SEUK strategy.
• Attend quarterly account reviews and follow-up actions well within the due date
• Escalation of any business critical issues to the relevant account director or channel director
• Planning & co-ordination of product launch activities within account
• Responsibility for all marketing and sell-through activity within defined customers to drive retention and acquisition of new customers

Skills and Qualifications

To be successful, you will possess the following skills and attributes:

• Dynamic sales person with a strong history of achievement within their career
• A track record of being able to build meaningful relationships at multiple levels within your account
• Ability to empower and lead in driving achievement within your customer
• Dedicated and passionate work ethic
• Good attention to detail and process driven
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• A creative, problem solving attitude to resolving issues and meeting targets
• Strong empathetic abilities & general emotional intelligence

Benefits of working at Samsung include

• Hybrid working - 3 days in the office and 2 days at home per week
• Bonus scheme linked to individual, team and company performance
• Car allowance
• Private medical – single
• Income protection
• Enhanced pension contribution
• Three volunteering days each year
• Flexible benefit portal and contribution of £55 per month - including travel insurance, gym membership, season ticket loan, Tastecard, dental insurance and more
• Holiday - 25 days plus bank holidays and an additional day off for your birthday
• Access to discounts on a wide range of Samsung products
• Access to a discount shopping portal

A note on equal opportunities
We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our Company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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