Account Manager, JD - UK - Remote

Values & Innovation

At Under Armour, we are committed to empowering those who strive for more, and the company's values - Act Sustainably, Celebrate the Wins, Fight on Together, Love Athletes and Stand for Equality - serve as both a roadmap for our teams and the qualities expected of every teammate.

Our Values define and unite us, the beliefs that are the red thread that connects everyone at Under Armour. Our values are rallying cries, reminding us why we're here, and fueling everything we do.

Our pursuit of better begins with innovation and with our team's mission of being the best. With us, you get the freedom to go further - no matter your role. That means developing, delivering, and selling the state-of-the-art products and digital tools that make top performers even better.

If you are a current Under Armour teammate, apply to this position on the Internal Career Site Here.

An exciting opportunity has been made available for a proven commercially astute individual to join our growing Under Armour commercial sales team. This role is a standout position to work with one of our Top 5 Global Accounts, JD Group, based in UK.

This role is new to the team and has a huge scope for the right individual to make a real impact for the UA x JD business but also their own personal development and career.

We are looking for a person with a proven track record in Top tier Account Management to provide strong sales experience, ideally within the Sports Industry. You will have a lead role in working cross functionally with UA product, merchandising, marketing, operations, and planning teams, as well as managing multiple account buyers and merchandisers. Your responsibility will be to strategically manage and drive sustainable, yet ambitious, revenue growth within JD Group, focused on the Womens/Girls Apparel category.

Understanding the needs of the JD consumer is a key aspect of the role, also experience of working with JD is hugely beneficial, but not essential. You will be open minded, self-motivated and a team player with excellent communication skills and strong stakeholder management.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Responsible for managing the business relationship for the Womens/Girls apparel category.
• Responsible for creating, updating and delivering a category specific strategic account plan, ensuring that Under Armour is positioned to deliver growth aligned to the strategy.
• Oversee end-to-end sales process (e.g., sell-in, sell-out, assortment selection, excellent in-season orderbook management and identify additional stock opportunities / replenishment)
• Build strong relationships within JD Group to strengthen existing partnership and deliver first class service level
• Understand and articulate sell through data throughout the season
• Support internal product teams to help inform and drive strategy and future opportunities
• Pro-actively communicate business results to line manager and overcome barriers to achieve objectives
• Prepare and conduct sales presentations of products and seasonal sales performance throughout the GTM sales process
• Understand the intersection between the Under Armour and JD Group target consumer to optimize brand positioning in the market
• Understand Under Armour overall - business unit and category objectives and strategies
• Understand and apply the Under Armour segmentation and differentiation policy
• Develop assortment proposals to deliver against the distribution objectives/development of destination categories
• Strong knowledge and passion of the Sport and the Sports Industry (customer profiles, competitors and market trends)
• Work closely together with Account Customer Service team to ensure orders and delivery of products
• Establish and maintain a strong internal communication and relationship with the line Managers and X-functions
• Follow company policies and procedures
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Practice honesty and integrity and solution orientated approach at all touch points between Under Armour teammates & the JD group teams.

Personal abilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Working within strict…