Hybrid Distribution Account Manager

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About the role

  • Manage distribution partners across EMEA for Focusrite Group's MI brands while ensuring revenue goals and brand consistency. Role involves travel and collaboration with channel teams.

Responsibilities

  • Reporting into the Head of Third-Party Distribution, the Distribution Account Manager will manage distribution partners in our EMEA territories for our MI brands (Focusrite, Novation, Adam Audio, Sequential and Oberheim)
  • Manage the revenue goals with distribution partners, managing scheduled orders, stock reports and ensuring we maintain our best-in-class sales and marketing management of the distribution channel.
  • Travel in the EMEA region visiting key partners at brand, distributor, and reseller level, working with the wider channel teams to ensure brand consistency throughout the region.
  • Develop and implement the EMEA Distribution Sales & Marketing strategy for the Focusrite Group MI Brands
  • Work with the EMEA team to help develop annual sales budgets with revenue and overheads delivering the expected contribution to the wider business
  • Meet and exceed the planned revenue and contribution for the EMEA Distribution business
  • Develop plans for the future of distribution, assist the Head of Third-Party Distribution in the selection of potential new partners
  • Ensure all distributors are in continual compliance with their contractual obligations
  • Specifically, ensure 3 months of inventory for every product is maintained and 3-month forwards orders are placed on time each month
  • Ensure sales & stock information is supplied on time each month
  • Stay within overhead budgets
  • Maintain active relationships with EMEA distributors (current and potential for future)
  • Ensure all distributors are properly trained in line with best business practices
  • Ensure smooth communication and teamwork across the whole of the EMEA business
  • Work with the FGEMEA Marketing Team to ensure an effective marketing strategy is realised

Requirements

  • Experience in distribution, channel sales, or partner account management preferred
  • Experience managing multi-country EMEA accounts preferred
  • Strong presentation, negotiation, and influencing skills
  • Problem-solving and conflict resolution experience
  • Highly organised with ability to work autonomously
  • Strategic thinking
  • Strong business planning skills
  • Cross-functional collaboration (sales, marketing, product)
  • Ability to manage multiple countries and distributor accounts simultaneously
  • Market analysis and competitive intelligence
  • Creating and executing regional growth strategies
  • Sales forecasting and reporting
  • Strategic account and territory planning
  • Partner enablement and performance management
  • Ability to develop and grow distributor relationships
  • Ability to drive revenue growth through distributors
  • Upsell and market expansion skills

Benefits

  • flexible/hybrid working
  • company pension
  • life insurance
  • private healthcare
  • employee purchase scheme
  • company music events
  • free breakfast/lunch in the canteen at Focusrite HQ
  • company training sessions
  • encourage personal development

Job title

Distribution Account Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

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