Account Manager / New Business Development / B2B Sales

Account Manager / New Business Development / B2B Sales

Covering the South West, Thames Valley and surrounding areas

Starting basic salary of £42,840increasing to £36,414 after successful completion of a 6 months probationary period

Full Time, Permanent

Our client is the only Chartered Professional Body in the UK dedicated to developing and promoting the highest standards in management and leadership excellence. With more than 600 learning organisations and 100,000 members they set the standards for others to follow in offering the widest portfolio of qualifications including Chartered Manager, the hallmark of excellence for any professional manager.

They currently have an opportunity available for an Account Manager to acquire new business, retain and grow existing clients and identify additional revenue opportunities. Responsibilities will include increasing existing clients spend by introducing new solutions to their portfolio as well as leading, growing and developing a specific sector as advised and working to monthly, quarterly and yearly sales targets. You will ensure a high profile and presence in your target sector whilst continuously providing a high level of customer satisfaction. You will also undertake all activities to deliver KPI’s in line with the wider aims and objectives of the department and report progress against KPI’s in line with reporting procedures.

The successful candidate will be educated to degree level or hold an appropriate qualification and ideally hold a Management Level 5 qualification. With proven experience of working in a commercial new business role you will show demonstrable experience of achieving sales targets, maintaining high quality internal and external relationships and ideally have experience of working with database management systems. Commercially focused, target and revenue driven you will possess B2B selling skills, the ability to work to tight deadlines and the ability to work effectively whilst under pressure. With good written and verbal communication skills you will be confident in engaging with people at a senior management level, possess strong networking skills as well as influencing and negotiation skills. Knowledge of MS Office, Word, Excel and Outlook is essential to the role as well as the willingness to undertake training as required.

A full UK driving licence is essential as you will be required to attend meetings out of office hours and travel throughout the UK.

Provisional 1st interview date of 4th September