Senior Account Manager (UK) - 1 year MAT Cover

Backed by Gauge Capital, Soleil Collective is building a portfolio of leading high‑growth brands specialising in sunless tan, suncare and bodycare products. Soleil accelerates growth and improves profitability through sales, marketing, operations and strategic management expertise. We have completed two acquisitions to date: Loving Tan and Coco & Eve.

About The Job

We are seeking an enthusiastic Senior Account Manager (One year Maternity Cover) with a passion to drive exponential brand growth in wholesale within the UK. You will constantly uncover new opportunities with our current and new retail partners. This is an extremely exciting opportunity for someone who loves sales, business development and analysis. You are a people person who can build great relationships with our partners whilst driving strong commercial negotiations.

This role encapsulates the development and implementation of retail strategies, marketing plans, forecasting, pricing and managing retail marketing spend with a focus on the UK market for our brands. You will report to the Chief Sales Officer based in the USA, working alongside the retail and brand teams in the US, Europe and APAC.

Responsibilities

• Develop new retail leads, approaching and pitching our brands to new retail partners
• Drive, co‑develop with the Chief Sales Officer and closely manage the implementation of the distribution business plan for our retail brands
• Present to our existing and new retail partners our current products and new product launches, driving excitement for the brands
• Secure and manage the best in class retail partners in the UK ensuring financial targets are met
• Create, plan and execute marketing plans for campaign launches, collaborating with stakeholders to put together a plan of action for successful execution and to maximise revenue and profit
• Responsible for monthly reporting, profit & loss reporting, setting of performance measurement/matrix to measure the well‑being of our retail partners

Requirements

• A minimum of 4 years experience in sales and account management in the UK market for beauty brands
• Experience working with Boots an asset
• Must have experience managing OMNI‑channel retailers
• A track record of growing beauty brands sell‑in and sell‑out in the UK market with retail partners
• Excellent verbal, presentation and written communication skills
• You must be high energy with a strong sense of urgency to excite and inspire new retail partners about our brands
• Highly organised and results driven
• Ability to quickly adapt and learn
• Financial/Quantitative acumen for reporting
• Enthusiasm for the beauty industry

Your Profile

• Highly organised and able to manage multiple priorities effectively
• Results‑oriented with a strong focus on achieving targets
• Adaptable and resilient in a fast‑paced environment
• A strong team player with a collaborative mindset
• Demonstrates a strong sense of ownership and accountability

Benefits

• Pension plans
• Leave package
• Work from home flexibility
• Training & development

This position is open to all qualified applicants and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.