National Key Account Manager
Full job description
Wolseley
Salary: £54,000 – £90,000 per year
About the role:
Wolseley UK is recruiting a National Key Account Manager to identify and develop profitable business opportunities and incremental growth from within Social Housing frameworks and targeted Local Authorities in the South of England.
You will work within a team under instruction from the Framework Director.
Liaise with wider sales teams, branch and other operational staff to optimise the service provided to our customer
You will be responsible for:
* Fully develop new and existing Social Housing Frameworks and associated members.
* Maximise sales, drive customer engagement and develop strong relationships.
* Take responsibility for all account management, including margin expectations and minimise debt risk.
* Generate a pipeline of opportunities via the frameworks and manage through Salesforce.
* Identify appropriate project / account requirements and liaise with regional teams.
* Establish best supply chain routes and service mandates.
* Identify and deliver incremental sales growth.
* liaise with the tender bid team, estimators and Sales Support in order to maximise opportunities.
* Support colleagues as and when required.
* Perform other related duties as assigned.
* Attend where required any training and development programmes requested by the Company
Experience Required:
* Experience of developing new opportunities and relationships
* Experience of supply chain and sales functions
* Knowledge of the plumbing & heating, and building materials contracts market place
* Strong future, out of the box thinking – able to identify new opportunities and markets
* IT Literate (Excel / PowerPoint
* Excellent numerical skills
* Analytical
* CRM type tools – ABI, Salesforce. com and various other research tools.
About your development and benefits
We aim to unlock your potential and equip you with all the skills required to succeed in your role, whilst earning a full salary. This all starts with your induction where you get to know us and our business and continues with relevant training and development.
Our people get benefits including:
* Competitive salary
* Pension plan
* Company Car
* Holiday – 25 days
* Staff discount
* Bonus
About us
Wolseley UK is the country’s largest plumbing, heating and cooling trade specialist merchant and we aim to be the first-choice specialist merchant for trade customers.
We supply 180,000 different products to over 100,000 customers every year. Join us and you’ll be part of a team that gets the right products to customers at the right price, in the right place, and at the right time. You’ll also enjoy extensive training and an award-winning pension and great rewards
To apply for this job please visit definitejobs.co.uk.