Account Manager

Manchester Central is pleased to announce the vacancy of Account Manager to join the Sales team. The successful Account Manager will receive a competitive salary plus benefits including 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, contributory pension scheme and discounted car parking.

Manchester’s original meeting place is getting bigger...

Manchester Central is the North West’s leading conference and exhibition complex right at the heart of the city. Hosting many of the UK’s leading events, including party political conferences, large trade and public exhibitions and ground breaking medical symposiums, Manchester Central is responsible for bringing more business tourists to the North West of England than any other venue.

It is fundamental to our continued business growth that we have a compelling people strategy to help us realise our challenging company goals. This role will play an important part in sustaining our continued business growth.

The main aim of the Account Manager role is to strengthen and expand the client base, to support Manchester Central’s growth and generate economic impact for the city of Manchester.

Reporting to the Venue Sales Manager, the Account Manager will be responsible for:

- To develop and maintain current licence fee revenues from existing clients

-  To develop a sales strategy to attract new business to Manchester Central in conjunction with the Venue sales Manager

-  To organise and attend client meetings, both internally and externally

-  To meet and exceed all agreed sales targets (individual KPI & revenue targets, and overall team target)

-  To maintain and accurately keep updated customer records on internal CRM system.

-  To efficiently respond to all customer enquiries in a timely and effective/detailed manner

-  To create and prepare venue and city bid documents for potential customers, ensuring that all likely additional costs relating to the event have been assessed accurately and communicated

-  To work closely with the operations team to ensure the events you sell are not only commercially, but equally operationally viable

-  To prepare/provide weekly and monthly sales activity reports

-  To ensure that the venue diary is up to date and accurate in terms of dates and agreed rates

To become our Account Manager you will:

- Have a background in a structured/consultative sales role, preferably within the events industry

- Be used to sales reporting and monitoring, while simultaneously identifying and winning business

- A passionate individual committed to delivering high standards with the enthusiasm and drive to succeed

in a fast moving and challenging environment.

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 31st May (5pm)

To apply for this exciting opportunity as our Account Manager please click apply today. When applying please include details of your current salary package.

A full job description and person specification are available from the recruitment section of Manchester Central’s website.

Manchester Central is an equal opportunities employer. All applicants who meet the essential criteria and identify as having a disability in their covering letter will be guaranteed an interview.