Brand Account Manager - Sport & Fashion Eyewear Oakley & Bliz
Key Skills
Job Description
If you’ve worn a pair of glasses, we’ve already met.
We are a global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of ophthalmic lenses, frames, and sunglasses. We offer our industry stakeholders in over 150 countries access to a global platform of high-quality vision care products (such as the Essilor brand, with Varilux, Crizal, Eyezen, Stellest and Transitions), iconic brands that consumers love (such as Ray-Ban, Oakley, Persol, Oliver Peoples, Vogue Eyewear and Costa), as well as a network that offers consumers high-quality vision care and best-in-class shopping experiences (such as Sunglass Hut, LensCrafters, Salmoiraghi & Viganò and the GrandVision network), and leading e-commerce platforms.
Join our global community of over 190,000 dedicated employees around the world in driving the transformation of the eyewear and eyecare industry.
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Your Role
Do you thrive on building relationships, spotting new opportunities, and growing well-loved brands? As Sport & Fashion Eyewear Brand Account Manager for Oakley and Bliz in the Netherlands, you'll play a key role in expanding our presence across the sport and fashion retail landscape.
You will manage your own territory, work closely with retailers (including online, offline, key accounts), and help bring two iconic brands to life in-store. Combining account management, business development, and brand activation, you'll have a direct impact on sales growth and customer success throughout the Netherlands.
For this field-based role, you are expected to speak fluent Dutch and have a clean driving licence.
Main Responsibilities
- Grow sales and market share for Oakley and Bliz within the sport and fashion retail channel.
- Develop long-term partnerships with existing customers while actively winning new business opportunities.
- Manage your territory strategically, identifying high-potential accounts and maximizing commercial opportunities.
- Advise customers on product assortments, merchandising, and stock management to drive sell-through and profitability.
- Deliver engaging product presentations and training sessions for retailers and store teams.
- Launch seasonal collections, secure pre-orders and reorders, and ensure customers have the right products at the right time.
- Stay close to the market by monitoring consumer trends, competitor activity, and new retail opportunities.
- Support events, trade marketing initiatives, and brand activations that strengthen visibility and consumer engagement.
- Collaborate closely with colleagues across sales, marketing, and customer service to deliver an outstanding customer experience.
- Act as a true brand ambassador for Oakley and Bliz, bringing energy, expertise, and passion to every customer interaction.
Main Requirements
- 3-5+ years of successful B2B sales or account management experience, ideally within sport, fashion, lifestyle, eyewear, footwear, or premium consumer goods.
- Proven success in developing existing accounts while actively acquiring new customers.
- Strong relationship-building, communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
- A passion for sport, outdoor lifestyle, fashion, or performance products.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with the drive to work independently and take ownership of your territory.
- Commercially minded and able to translate market insights into tangible business opportunities.
- Comfortable working with CRM systems, sales analytics, Excel, PowerPoint, and digital sales tools.
- Willingness to travel extensively throughout the Netherlands.
- Valid driving licence.
- Fluent Dutch and English language skills.
- Existing network within sport, outdoor, fashion, or lifestyle retail is a strong plus.
Why Join Us?
- Represent two internationally recognised and innovative brands: Oakley and Bliz.
- Enjoy a highly autonomous role with real ownership of your territory and results.
- Combine account management, business development, and brand building in one dynamic position.
- Work in an industry where sport, lifestyle, innovation, and fashion come together.
- Be part of a global market leader while maintaining close relationships with local customers and partners.
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We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We celebrate diversity and provide equal opportunities to all, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic that makes us unique.
Core Responsibilities
The Brand Account Manager will grow sales and market share for Oakley and Bliz by managing a territory and developing long-term partnerships with retailers. They will also provide product training, manage merchandising, and support brand activations to ensure customer success.
Requirements
Candidates must have 3-5+ years of B2B sales or account management experience, preferably in the sport or fashion industry. The role requires a valid driving license, fluency in Dutch and English, and the ability to travel extensively throughout the Netherlands.
About EssilorLuxottica Group
Industry: Manufacturing
Company size: 10,001+ employees
We are EssilorLuxottica, a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of advanced vision care products, eyewear and med-tech solutions. Our Mission is to help people around the world to see more and be more by addressing their evolving vision needs, personal style aspirations and desire to feel more connected to the world around them. We are home to the most innovative lens technologies, including Varilux, Stellest and Transitions, iconic brands such as Ray-Ban, Oakley and Supreme, the most desired luxury licensed brands and world-class retailers including Sunglass Hut, LensCrafters, Vision Express and Apollo. Backed by robust R&D investments, distinctive capabilities and a top-quality asset portfolio, we drive innovation across categories, from cutting edge medical instruments and solutions for eye health to category-defining smart glasses, all of which push the boundaries of the industry and reimagine the eyes as a gateway to new possibilities. With over 200,000 employees across 150 countries, 600 operations facilities, serving 300,000 eye care professionals and operating 18,000 stores, the Group generated consolidated revenue of Euro 26.5 billion in 2024. Our OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation has given access to sustainable vision care to nearly 1 billion people in underserved communities. Our ambition is clear. We are building a platform where the eyes are the gateway to new possibilities – bridging the gap between the digital world and human experience. At EssilorLuxottica, we are Empowering Humans.