Field Sales Account Manager

Salary: £28,800 per year

The Dream Career:

Field Sales Account Manager

The Location:

Sheffield/Home based – travel across the UK 3/4 days per week

The Benefits:

Pension

Parking on site

Hire Car initially but a company car will be provided after the role has been established

25 days holiday + stat

The Hours:

Monday-Friday 9 am – 5 pm

Additional hours may be required to be worked when traveling

The Salary:

Basic salary up to £28,800+ OTE (approx. £28,800 in the first year) uncapped

The Job Role:

We have a brand-new, permanent role available for a Field Sales Account Manager to join our client’s growing team. Our client is a well-established Sheffield business for over 20 years. Our client offers bespoke technology which is sold across the UK mainly within the healthcare sector.

As this is a new position for the business, the role initially will involve travel across the UK. Once this role has become more established the successful candidate will be assigned a region. 

Working as part of the sales team, the Field Sales Account Manager will work to agreed sales targets to identify new business opportunities as well as retain and develop existing accounts.

This will be a fast-paced and varied field sales and account management role that will include the following duties;

– Prospecting new business – through research and sales calls

– Arranging meetings to visit prospective businesses

– Attending client meetings to talk through products and deliver proposals

– Demonstrate products to prospective and existing clients on site

– Account Management – explore additional sales opportunities and work with each client to ensure client satisfaction

– Working collaboratively with internal teams to ensure orders are successfully placed and dispatched to agreed time frames

– Attending events and exhibitions when required

– Reporting to management

– Providing reports on client satisfaction

– Working collaboratively with internal teams to cross-sell other products

– Using Salesforce to input accurate sales and client information

We are looking to speak to experienced and motivated sales professionals who have field sales experience. 

The experience and competencies required for this role include the following;

– Successful track record of sales experience – 2 years + ideally

– Field Sales experience

– Target driven

– Exceptional presentation skills

– Professionalism

– Confidence in working with a range of stakeholders

– Excellent negotiation skills

– Confidence using IT including the full suite of MS Office.

– Salesforce experience would be advantageous

– Highly motivated

– Full, clean driving license

– Good educational background – ideally degree level

As this is a new role for the company the successful candidate will initially drive a hire car to attend visits. For the first couple of weeks, the candidate will likely be office-based to receive training and build a pipeline of visits. Once the successful candidate has settled into this role with visits 3-4 days per week a company car will be purchased. Our client offers a hybrid working model – offices are based in Sheffield.