About Luxottica Group

Luxottica Group is the global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of prescription frames and sunglasses in the luxury and premium segments. Based in Italy, Luxottica Group is present in the world's key eyewear markets, employing 80,000 worldwide. Our products are designed and manufactured in high quality plants in Italy, USA and China.

Luxottica Group's operations are segmented into two main divisions: wholesale and retail. The wholesale distribution network covers 130 countries across all five continents and we are the leading player in major retail markets, operating Sunglass Hut and David Clulow in the UK and Ireland.

Luxottica Group has a strong brand portfolio that includes Ray-Ban (the best-selling sunglass and prescription eyewear brand in the world), Oakley and licensed brands including Bulgari, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Prada, Tiffany, Polo Ralph Lauren and Versace.

The Role

As a Brand Account Manager - Multibrand you are responsible for the delivery of targeted sales for RayBan, Prada, Persol, Michael Kors, Giorgio Armani & Emporio Armani in the North territory of Norway.

The successful candidate will have number of core accountabilities in the role, including:

• the achievement of sales objectives - delivering individual targeted sales volumes, values, return rates, and brand distribution and penetration objectives by effectively identifying and meeting customer needs;
• driving customer recommendation - ensuring effective brand, product, and visual merchandising training for your customers' sales and/or dispensing staff to ensure that our customers not only buy our products, but actively recommend them;
• acting as an ambassador - you will foster strong business-to-business relationships between Luxottica and our customers, demonstrating and supporting company strategies, policies, and key messages;
• effective territory coverage - you will ensure frequency of visits and a consistent levels of service for all customers in accordance with company guidelines; and
• identifying portfolio opportunities - ensuring that all customers' needs are identified and effectively met by a Luxottica brand, sharing opportunities with your Sales Manager.

The role is predominantly field based; 95% of your time will be spent visiting customers. You may occasionally need to attend conferences, trade fairs and exhibitions.
The Candidate

To apply for and be successful in this role, the candidate must:

• have strong interpersonal and communications skills;
• preferably have an understanding or have worked in the Optical Industry;
• have demonstrable customer service and selling experience, ideally in a field sales environment -- ideally at least 3 years in a Sales Representative position
• ideally, have experience of the luxury FMCG industry;
• preferably, have a bachelor's degree; and
• have a full, clean driving licence (essential).

Key Competencies

The successful candidate will require a number of key competencies and abilities to succeed in the role:

• a 'can do' attitude -- be performance aware and performance responsible, take full ownership for personal and team results while continually striving to find new ways to improve;
• effective planning - implementing an effective customer contact strategy: demonstrating a consistent, and effective customer meeting schedule and routinely scheduling future appointments at the end of each call, building effective 'bottom up' customer goals in order to deliver objectives; and
• being an active team member - creating internal and external business partnerships, showing a willingness to share ideas and actively supporting other members of the team and other company functions.

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