Business Account Manager France

Protecting what matters most 💙👶 At Britax Römer, we've been protecting children on the road since 1966. Our mission is to provide safe, comfortable, sustainable, and easy-to-use child mobility solutions. From our very first child car seat to today's innovative range, we've helped protect millions of children around the world on their journeys. With over 50 years of industry leadership, we're proud to empower parents through our expertise – giving them the confidence and peace of mind to enjoy smooth, safe family travel every day. Our products deliver premium safety, comfort, and quality at every stage of childhood, from newborn to 12 years. Across our international locations, our dedicated teams work together to drive innovation and uphold the highest standards of safety and quality. Driven by our values – Care, Trust, and Curious – we continuously strive to improve and make a positive impact, not only by protecting children but also the world they grow up in. Now, we're looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Business Account Manager France (m/f/d) to represent Britax Römer across the Bordeaux region. 🚀 Reporting to our Business Account Manager Team Leader and working as part of our passionate Sales team, you'll be the first point of contact for customers in your region. Through regular on-site visits, you'll manage and develop your customer portfolio, implement our sales and marketing strategy and help increase the presence of our brand and products.

What you'll do
💼 In this role, you'll build strong customer relationships and take responsibility for sales performance, brand presence and customer development across your region. Your responsibilities will include:
• Manage and develop a portfolio of specialist childcare retailers, completing approximately three to four customer visits per day. 🤝
• Act as the first point of contact for customers in your sales area and build strong, long-term relationships through regular on-site visits.
• Hold quarterly meetings with relevant independent retailers.
• Take responsibility for achieving the sales and profit targets for your region. 📈
• Analyse sales figures and customer needs, defining targeted action plans to grow turnover and improve performance.
• Implement and monitor sales and marketing campaigns, ensuring effective in-store execution in close cooperation with Marketing.
• Support customers with the implementation and promotion of our latest product innovations.
• Train retailers on our products, technologies and brand, enabling them to provide informed advice and become strong ambassadors for Britax Römer. 🎓
• Translate marketing materials and customer communications into French.
• Identify emerging market trends and commercial opportunities, while gathering insights on competitors, brand activities and social media.
• Represent Britax Römer and strengthen the presence of our products at trade fairs, demonstration days, sales events and parent evenings. 🌍
• Provide your manager with regular reports on customer activity, market developments and regional performance. What you'll bring 🌟 We're looking for an enthusiastic and energetic sales professional who enjoys building customer relationships, working independently and delivering measurable results. What helps you succeed in this role:
• At least two or three years of experience in field sales or a comparable sales role, ideally within consumer goods, FMCG or specialist retail.
• Strong customer orientation, communication and negotiation skills. 🤝
• An analytical and structured approach, with a clear focus on sales targets and results.
• A high level of self-motivation, independence and reliability.
• A positive, proactive mindset and the confidence to contribute new ideas.
• Strong digital skills and confidence using common IT tools. 💻
• Fluent written and spoken French, with good working knowledge of English.
• Willingness to travel regularly, typically four days per week and including two overnight stays.
• A valid driving licence, which is essential for this position. 🚗 You don't tick every single box? That's okay — we'd still love to hear from you. 😊 What you can expect ✨
• An independent, customer-facing role with ownership of your regional customer portfolio.
• The opportunity to build strong partnerships with specialist childcare retailers across your region.
• Direct responsibility for regional sales performance, customer development and brand presence.
• A varied working week combining customer visits, product training, sales events and market analysis.
• Close collaboration with a passionate Sales team and colleagues in Marketing.
• The opportunity to represent and grow a trusted brand within the French childcare retail market. 💙
• A collaborative culture built on our values: Care, Trust and Curious.
• A team that values initiative, knowledge sharing and a positive, hands-on approach. 🙌 Most importantly: your work will help our retail partners give families the knowledge and confidence they need to choose products that protect children on every journey. 💙👶 Sounds interesting? We look forward to receiving your application