Account Manager

City of Manchester Permanent £30,000 - £40,000 per year View Job Description
This Manchester-based role offers an opportunity to drive sales growth and retention for customer accounts, with a focus on connectivity and IT solutions. The ideal candidate will have experience in account management within telecoms or IT, strong skills in connectivity solutions, and a talent for identifying and developing long-term business opportunities.
  • This role offers an excellent opportunity to advance within a growing company
  • You'll join a collaborative team focused on innovation and client success.

About Our Client

A dedicated team focused on driving growth together through collaboration and skill development.

What makes them unique? They invest in top talent and empower our team to thrive with the right resources. Their goal is to be the go-to partner for digital innovation, blending connectivity, unified communications, and cloud solutions to support our client's success.

Job Description

  • Manage and grow a volume of accounts to exceed sales and retention targets, across a group of large customers and self-identified high potential incubator accounts.
  • On board new customers, ensuring your understanding of customer needs and their future plans for technology.
  • Assess the risks, threats and opportunities associated with these plans.
  • Follow internal processes for forecasting, orders, pre-sales, updates and developing account plans, whilst updating Salesforce and the organisation on what will be required to grow and retain the customer.
  • Champion your customer's perspective and position internally, whilst establishing clear contact plans to ensure appropriate relationships with technical, business management, influencers and decision-makers.
  • Work with internal departments to ensure booking numbers are successfully converted into billable revenue and the customer journey is fulfilled.



The Successful Applicant

  • * Proven Account Manager experience within high performing teams.
  • * Must have a strong understanding of connectivity OR WAN solutions, as well as examples of delivering multi-site and / or resilient connectivity solutions.
  • * Experience selling two or more of our products.
  • * Delivering profitable, long term business opportunities through effective account planning.
  • * Exceptional ability to identify sale opportunities, qualify sales leads and exceed targets.
  • * Expert levels of researching, networking and relationship building.
  • * Industry awareness, with the ability to identify market trends, threats and opportunities.

What's on Offer

Enjoy 25 days holiday + bank holidays, with the option to top up through our holiday purchasing scheme.

Our Healthcare Cash Plan and PERKS program make sure your well-being is a priority.

Company Life Assurance offers security and peace of mind for you and your loved ones.

Our Company Pension Scheme lays the foundation for a strong financial future.

We support your professional growth by helping you attain relevant qualifications.

Enhanced Paternal Leave ensures you never miss those important family moments.

The Employee Assistance Programme is here whenever you need a helping hand.

Our dynamic environment fuels growth and innovation.

Contact
Clara John
Quote job ref
JN-112024-6591330
Phone number
+44 113 388 9069

Job summary

Job function
Sales
Subsector
Technology Sales
Sector
Technology & Telecoms
Location
City of Manchester
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Clara John
Consultant phone
+44 113 388 9069
Job reference
JN-112024-6591330