National Account Manager

If you’re ready to take on a pivotal role in a fast-paced, forward-thinking brand, partnering with some of the UK’s most influential distributors, then this is the opportunity to take ownership of a key segment and make a genuine impact for V12.

The Opportunity

We are V12 Footwear, a UK-based safety footwear brand renowned for our innovation in comfort, safety and durability. Since 1998, we’ve been providing safety footwear that’s trusted across some of the most demanding industries, such as Oil and Gas, Agriculture, Manufacturing and Transportation.

We are looking for a proactive and commercially aware National Account Manager to work alongside our Strategic Account Director in shaping the success of some of our largest distribution partners.

Your Role

As National Account Manager, you will support our Strategic Account Director in managing and developing key strategic accounts. Your focus will be to build strong and productive relationships, support distributor sales team engagement, and deliver product training to deliver tangible pull-through.

This role sits at the heart of our sales organisation and directly influences how major distributors position our brand to their customer base. You will collaborate with the wider sales team to ensure every opportunity generated at national level is activated effectively across all regions.

Key Responsibilities

• Building strong relationships with key influencers within national accounts
• Acting as a primary point-of-contact for national accounts
• Developing strategic plans for national accounts
• Supporting joint business plans
• Equip distributor sales teams to confidently position our solutions and identify opportunities, including running workshops, lunch-and-learn sessions, and delivering product training.
• Supporting rollout of promotional campaigns, new product introductions and strategic initiatives.
• Collecting and sharing field insights to support ongoing commercial strategy.
• Coordinating activities with internal teams

What You Bring

You’re someone who thrives on building relationships, influencing a variety of stakeholders, and working collaboratively across teams to achieve shared goals.

• Strong communication and confidence in delivering training via phone, Teams, and in-person
• Relationship builder – comfortable influencing at all levels
• Commercial awareness and understanding of distributor sales models
• Organised and proactive, able to manage a national travel schedule
• Self-motivated, capable of working independently while supporting wider strategy

Our Values

• Mutual Respect - Have respect for everyone, their time, their decisions and their feelings. 

• Step up – always looking for ways to step up in our individual roles and as a team. 

• Think team – who do I need to involve to expedite success in my activities 

• Own it – take responsibility for our decisions and actions and see them through. 
• Get Stuff Done - Effective prioritisation for maximum efficiency and meeting deadlines. 

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