Account Manager

Account Manager – Birmingham

Brand Overview

Connect Education & Care is a leading independent supplier of consumables through The Consortium and West Mercia Supplies. The division serves over 30,000 customers in the education and care markets including nurseries, schools and care homes. The business has approximately 550 suppliers and an extensive range of over 40,000 products including stationery, arts and craft and cleaning materials. Both the Education and Care sectors are increasing in size and we’re mirroring their expansion. As a result, we’re a vibrant business that is growing as our customer base extends.

Role Description

About the role:

We are looking for an Account Manager to join our team. You will be based in the Midlands region and will be covering accounts in this geographical area. Working with Schools in the Birmingham area who are currently customers of The Consortium, you will build strong relationships and be able to recommend and suggest products that are right for your customers. This is a field based role but you will also attend meetings with your team at our Head Office in Trowbridge, Wiltshire.

Ideally you will have experience of working with Education Establishments and will certainly have experience of working in a field based Account Management/Sales role. You will be driven to exceed targets set and will work in partnership with our Telephone Account Managers to ensure this.

The right person for this role will be highly organised, able to work to deadlines and an excellent communicator. We are offering a competitive basic salary of £30,000 plus bonus on top of this linked to achieving your targets. In addition to this you will be provided with a company car, laptop and mobile phone.

It is essential that all applicants are educated to GCSE level and have a good understanding of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Knowledge and Skills

About you:

Key Skills Required:

• Financial Awareness
• Negotiation
• Consultative Selling
• Planning & Preparation
• Presentation Skills

Desirable:

• Previous experience of Field/Sales based role
• Previous experience Education Establishments
• Commercially aware – proven ability to understand financial impact of decisions.
• Experience in account management, building lasting relationships
• Proven ability to work in a high pressure sales environment achieving sales and margin targets.
• Self-motivated, committed and tenacious
• Strong oral presentation skills

Candidates must have full UK driving licence, good understanding of Excel, Word and PowerPoint, educated to GCSE or equivalent.

Must live on patch – Midlands area