Sales and Account Management Executive - #2177515

Partnership Development Executive – Professional Haircare

Do you enjoy getting to know your customers, spotting opportunities and building relationships that turn into long-term business?

At RJA Consulting, I’m working with an established professional hair and beauty distributor to recruit a Partnership Development Executive for its Leeds team. Supporting a leading professional haircare brand, this is a lovely opportunity to combine your commercial skills with an interest in the salon industry.

You’ll have existing customers to build relationships with, alongside opportunities to bring new salons and hair professionals on board. Understanding their businesses, following up consistently and helping them find the right products, education and support will be central to your success.

The role

Based in the office, you’ll work closely with the brand and field sales teams to grow your customer portfolio and provide a helpful, personal service.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Keeping in regular contact with existing customers, understanding their needs and identifying opportunities to grow their accounts.
• Proactively approaching potential customers and introducing the brand’s products and wider support.
• Turning enquiries into business through thoughtful conversations and consistent follow-up.
• Introducing customers to relevant training, events, product launches and promotions.
• Working with colleagues across sales, education and customer service to keep the customer experience running smoothly.
• Keeping your CRM records and sales pipeline up to date, tracking progress against targets and sharing customer feedback.

A little about you

You’ll bring experience in sales, account management or business development, along with the confidence to start conversations and the listening skills to understand what matters to each customer.

You’ll enjoy building relationships, but also be comfortable asking for the business and working towards sales targets. Organisation, initiative and the ability to keep going when an opportunity takes time will all be important.

Experience in professional hair or beauty would be a real advantage. Equally, if you have a strong customer-focused sales background and a genuine interest in the industry, I’d love to hear from you.

What’s on offer

You’ll join a business that invests in product knowledge, education and customer relationships, with support from colleagues across the wider team.

Benefits include:

• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with service.
• An additional paid day off to mark your work anniversary.
• Private healthcare, a cashback scheme and access to private GP appointments.
• A 5% employer pension contribution.
• Company sick pay and an employee assistance programme.
• A monthly product allowance and staff discounts.
• Training and development, including practical and online courses.

Interested?

If you enjoy sales, care about the relationships you build and would like to work within the professional hair industry, I’d love to have a chat.

Candidates welcome from all backgrounds, but a background in recruitment, sales, customer service or call centre work would thrive in this role.