Account Manager

Are you an experienced Account Manager looking to take the next step in your career? Do you have a proven ability to grow customer accounts, develop new opportunities, and build lasting client relationships? Would you like to join a growing IT solutions provider where your expertise will directly contribute to continued success? If so please read on!

Due to the continued growth of the business, our client is expanding and are recruiting an experienced Account Manager to join their friendly and enthusiastic Sales Team. This is a full-time permanent position.

 About the Role

As an Account Manager, you will be responsible for organically growing the client base, initiating new sales, generating quotes and proposals, and maintaining excellent customer relationships.

Our client is offering a challenging and rewarding role that will give you the chance to use your experience and knowledge to help the business succeed. They are looking for an individual who is driven, motivated and full of ideas.

Key Requisites for the role:

• You must be able to multitask and manage multiple projects and deadlines
• You must have excellent attention to detail and strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Be able to work collaboratively as a part of a team as well as on your own
• You must be proactive and be able to deliver a customer contact strategy
• The ability to create and develop profitable new customer accounts on behalf of the company
• To manage and expand profitable new customer accounts on behalf of the Company
• The ideal candidate would have a preferred location of Northampton/20 miles max

 Experience/Qualifications:

• Previous experience in IT sales
• Maintain accurate customer notes: use a CRM system
• Outstanding customer service principles
• Above-average literacy and numeracy skills

Key Responsibilities:

• Generate and qualify potential sales leads
• Source and develop customer referrals
• Schedule sales activity against pre-agreed business targets
• Take ownership for ongoing sales, coordinating efforts across teams
• Make sales calls to new and existing customers
• Develop and make presentations of company products, services and solutions to current and potential customers
• Maintain an ongoing customer contact strategy
• Participate in sales events as required: internal and external events
• Accurately maintain sales activity records to support sales team reports
• Develop and accurately maintain your customer database within CRM
• Respond in a timely manner to customer enquiries
• Ensure customer service satisfaction and good customer relationships
• Proactively monitor competitors, market conditions and product development

Salary & Benefits:

• £30,000 to £35,000 basic per annum (depending on experience)
• Commission structure - Circa £40K OTE
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Complimentary lunch one day per week
• Regular company wellbeing events

About the Company

"We are a national IT solutions provider that was founded in 2001. For two decades, our consistent success has led us to develop exciting solutions and services for customers across the country.

As a direct result, we have rapidly grown and developed a range of managed services that provide businesses with the foundations to build an agile, scalable technology infrastructure."

How to Apply:

If you are interested in this role and would like to learn more please attach your CV to the link provided and the hiring company will be in direct contact.