National Account Manager – Professional and Industry
Reporting to Commercial Director – Professional and Industry
Location: Flexible
Scope: National role
Full UK driving license required as suitable company vehicle will be provided.
Job Role
- Winning and developing new professional construction national account customers.
- Winning and developing new industry sector customers.
- Establishing, maintaining and developing relationships with a portfolio of existing national account customers.
- Developing and implementing national account plans.
- Achieving agreed sales and profit targets
- Negotiation of profitable commercial trading agreements
- Keeping the business informed of up-to-date account, channel and competitor developments.
Key Attributes
- You will already be working within or have experience of a professional construction and/or industrial sales environment.
- You will ideally have gained experience selling to significant distributors and end-users.
- Account management experience would be preferred.
- Excellent communication and reporting skills, both verbally and written.
- Structured CV with evidence of career progression.
- A proven track record of working autonomously, whilst making a strong contribution to a team.
- A focus on developing new business
- Educated to a high standard: Preferably to Degree level, ideally in a business, economics, mathematics, engineering or a science related subject.
- Strong numerical ability and commercial acumen.
- Market research and product development experience preferred.
- Hands on and enthusiastic approach to presenting and demonstrating products to customers.
- Excellent level of IT proficiency using Microsoft Office, Dynamics CRM.
- Drive, initiative, motivation, over-achiever in career results to date.
To register an interest in this vacancy please forward an up-to-date CV and covering letter by email to Paul Naish - Paul.Naish@soudal.com