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National Account manager

Job details
Posting date: 11 June 2025
Salary: £70,000 to £75,000 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 11 July 2025
Location: Uxbridge, London, UB11 1FH
Remote working: Fully remote
Company: Meridian Business Support
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 56937090

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Summary

We are looking for a driven National Account manager to join a global leader in sports equipment.

- up to £75,000 per annum
- Field based with regular travel across the South of England
- Monday to Friday – 40 Hours per week, Flexible start & end times

Are you passionate about sports and experienced in managing retail accounts at a national level?

Join a global leader in sports as a National Account Manager, where you’ll be the face of our brand across our top UK tennis partners – representing the company’s highest turnover in the UK.

National Account manager: What You’ll Be Doing:

- Manage a portfolio of national sports retail accounts, ensuring full compliance
- Drive revenue growth by identifying new sales opportunities within existing accounts and reporting on market trends, share and performance
- Deliver in-depth product training to retail clients and their teams
- Support “house accounts” alongside the UK Sales & Marketing Director
- Lead and participate in product demos, activations and sponsored coach events
- Manage credit control, client ordering, reporting, and operational documentation
- Coordinate with internal teams including Inside Sales, Trade Marketing and Promotions, and Category Managers to deliver buying days and regional events
- Identify and nurture grassroots and coaching sponsorship opportunities to strengthen our national presence


National Account manager: What We’re Looking For:

- Minimum 3 years’ experience in account management, ideally in sports retail or racquet sports
- Strong understanding of the sports industry, ideally tennis or other racquet sports
- Proven track record in sales performance, client relationship building, and territory management
- Commercially aware, organised and self-motivated with a passion for sport
- Comfortable using CRM/ERP tools such as Salesforce, B2B systems and Excel
- Experience coordinating events, demos and promotional activities
- Excellent communicator and confident representing the brand in front of partners and coaches

Ready to serve your next career move? APPLY ONLINE TODAY to join a business where performance meets passion – and every day is a match worth playing.

Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy
Also known as: National Account Manager, Territory Sales Manager, Key Account Executive, Regional Sales Manager, Client Relationship Manager, Business Development Manager, and Channel Account Manager, Category manager.

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