Account Manager
North West
Account Manager
Salary: £35,000
Location: North West
We are looking for an Account Manager who will be cool, calm, collected, patient, analytical, methodical and well balanced – and will be responsible for looking after our clients existing business and up-selling / growing these accounts and bring in new customers through technical assistance and relationship building.
Essential Criteria:
- Enjoy working with and selling ideas to people
- Be a good communicator, optimistic, tending to see the positive side of things
- Be restless, driving and energetic
- Work well under pressure and deadlines
- Be independent, persistent and decisive
- Wants to take charge and show initiative
- Has the strength to follow through and keep at it until they get results
- Be competitive, goal oriented
- Want some responsibility for and authority over people
Major Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Establish and maintain relationships with suppliers and customers
- Work closely and effectively with the sales team, UK and Worldwide
- Ability to travel extensively
- Successfully identify and develop new business opportunities in a variety of industries
Skills and Experience:
- Experience in Sales and Account Management within the Chemical Industry, preferably with experience of sales in products relating to Personal Care, Industrial Water Treatment and Metal Working Fluids
- Excellent organisational, team work, time management, communication, presentation and negotiating skills
- Graduate level of education preferred
- Proven track record of achieving sales targets and profitability
- Positive ‘can do attitude’
- Strong orientation towards results
- Excellent interpersonal and business skills
- Capable of interfacing internationally
- Strong skills in business development
- Ability to understand the customer’s buying process
- Ability to find customers for the existing product portfolio
- Ability to bring new products to the market place
- Sourcing new products from International markets, basing on customer needs
- Ability to work as part of a team but also confident working independently
- Flexibility - Ability to handle multiple tasks
- Proficient in Microsoft Office software
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Duration:
Permanent