Account Manager / Sales Executive
- Recruiter
- Candidate Source Ltd
- Location
- Basingstoke
- Salary
- £30,000 p..a + Bonus
- Posted
- 16 Oct 2014
- Closes
- 23 Oct 2014
- Ref
- 14Oct174AP
- Contact
- Michelle Davies
- Sectors
- Sales, Sales Executive
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Our client specialises in developing and delivering electronic and digital solutions / self-service payment and transactional environments, which simplify the lives of individuals and the organisations they interact with across 500 cities globally.
They now require an Account Manager / Sales Executive to manage relationships with a number of their clients and to help retain and increase revenues.
THE OPPORTUNITY
• You will establish and maintain strong client relationships through regular close contact account management, which will include regular face-to-face meetings, telephone and email communication.
• The core purpose of this role is to increase the potential for the business to create and realise value from each individual client by evangelising their unique portfolio of products.
• You will keep in close touch and listen to the needs of Key Accounts by visiting them regularly.
• Develop and close new business (up-sell and cross-sell,) opportunities from accounts and produce any necessary proposal or supporting documentation.
• You will work with existing clients in both public and private sectors and internal customers.
• Deal with change control / documentation for key accounts.
• It is envisaged that you will spend at least 20% of your time on the road / at client sites and 80% in their modern offices.
• You will troubleshoot and resolve any issues that a client may be experiencing and work with their Product Manager to test and deploy new versions of software when required.
• Attend industry events and exhibitions.
THE INDIVIDUAL
• You will be an enthusiastic, personable and proactive, able to prioritise, manage and track multiple activities and tasks.
• You will have a strong customer service ethos and be capable of leveraging empathy into orders.
• You will be able to deal with people at all levels and build a rapport to establish good working relationships.
• You will be resilient, able to cope well under pressure matched with a flexible approach to work.
• Knowledge of all MS Office packages including Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• A computer science degree or similar / equivalent would be advantageous but not essential.
• You could be an account executive or in a sales support role and now looking for a new challenge.
• This is an account development role; that will be ideally suited to someone who has been in an internal sales role or first line B2B support role and wishes to progress into an account management role.
• You will have a current UK driving licence.
• The successful applicant will be offered appropriate and necessary hands-on development and training, thus you will spend 2-3 months in their Service Delivery team learning the product suite and configuration capabilities; so that you can translate them with ease to their client base.
WHY APPLY
A competitive salary c. £30,000 p.a. + Annual Bonus Scheme c. £3,000 - £4,000 p.a. - £3,300 last year + Pension Scheme matched up to 5% available after probation period + 25 days holidays + 45p per mile mileage allowance.
This is a great opportunity to join a pioneering, young, dynamic, award winning and growing company that will offer continued career and personal development and training and who are the market leaders offering cutting edge solutions / technologies in their chosen sector.
The first stage of the application process is to apply online.
Candidate Source Ltd is an Advertising Agency working on behalf of an Employment Agency. By applying for this position you are giving us permission to pass your CV and covering letter to a third party in relation to this specific vacancy. A full copy of our privacy policy can be viewed on our website.
They now require an Account Manager / Sales Executive to manage relationships with a number of their clients and to help retain and increase revenues.
THE OPPORTUNITY
• You will establish and maintain strong client relationships through regular close contact account management, which will include regular face-to-face meetings, telephone and email communication.
• The core purpose of this role is to increase the potential for the business to create and realise value from each individual client by evangelising their unique portfolio of products.
• You will keep in close touch and listen to the needs of Key Accounts by visiting them regularly.
• Develop and close new business (up-sell and cross-sell,) opportunities from accounts and produce any necessary proposal or supporting documentation.
• You will work with existing clients in both public and private sectors and internal customers.
• Deal with change control / documentation for key accounts.
• It is envisaged that you will spend at least 20% of your time on the road / at client sites and 80% in their modern offices.
• You will troubleshoot and resolve any issues that a client may be experiencing and work with their Product Manager to test and deploy new versions of software when required.
• Attend industry events and exhibitions.
THE INDIVIDUAL
• You will be an enthusiastic, personable and proactive, able to prioritise, manage and track multiple activities and tasks.
• You will have a strong customer service ethos and be capable of leveraging empathy into orders.
• You will be able to deal with people at all levels and build a rapport to establish good working relationships.
• You will be resilient, able to cope well under pressure matched with a flexible approach to work.
• Knowledge of all MS Office packages including Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• A computer science degree or similar / equivalent would be advantageous but not essential.
• You could be an account executive or in a sales support role and now looking for a new challenge.
• This is an account development role; that will be ideally suited to someone who has been in an internal sales role or first line B2B support role and wishes to progress into an account management role.
• You will have a current UK driving licence.
• The successful applicant will be offered appropriate and necessary hands-on development and training, thus you will spend 2-3 months in their Service Delivery team learning the product suite and configuration capabilities; so that you can translate them with ease to their client base.
WHY APPLY
A competitive salary c. £30,000 p.a. + Annual Bonus Scheme c. £3,000 - £4,000 p.a. - £3,300 last year + Pension Scheme matched up to 5% available after probation period + 25 days holidays + 45p per mile mileage allowance.
This is a great opportunity to join a pioneering, young, dynamic, award winning and growing company that will offer continued career and personal development and training and who are the market leaders offering cutting edge solutions / technologies in their chosen sector.
The first stage of the application process is to apply online.
Candidate Source Ltd is an Advertising Agency working on behalf of an Employment Agency. By applying for this position you are giving us permission to pass your CV and covering letter to a third party in relation to this specific vacancy. A full copy of our privacy policy can be viewed on our website.