Sales Account Manager

Role: Sales Account Manager

Salary: £30-35K + (TBC depending on experience) additional bonuses/commission

Hours: 8am - 5pm

Location: Altrincham - Fully office based.

A genuine opportunity for career development and an opportunity to stand out whilst making a difference within a small but established sales and marketing team in a fast paced and varied industry. We are a successful and privately owned company of many years standing . We are market leading fabric and garment importers with vast experience , we design, develop and stock our own range of premium quality team and sportswear clothing apparel selling to retailers , resellers, and brands , achieving significant year-on-year growth . Due to our continued expansion from our purpose-built site in Altrincham , we are looking to recruit an exceptional sales account manager with energy and personality. A "can do" attitude and a strong work ethic is essential. Experience in the Sportswear or Schoolwear industry is not essential, but the successful candidate should have had a minimum of 2 years’ experience in a busy office based sales orientated role or similar environment , you should be used to making a significant amount of outbound calls to new and existing customers on a daily basis in order to identify opportunities and develop customer relationships. Product and system training will be provided. As a company we seek to develop and encourage individuals who demonstrate the right aptitude and desire to succeed and progress in their role.

You must be self-motivated, professional, well presented, and organised being capable of turning prospective new leads into potential customers . You will be expected to maintain and increase business with many long-standing customers in line with the company's objectives and strategy . We do not sell to end user, this is a B2B sales position allowing you to use your skills to build long term business relationships. The role will also require you to travel and meet a wide range of customers face to face, We anticipate you will need to be to spending approximately 2 or 3 days per month externally seeing customers in different UK locations

Key elements to the role include:

*managing your own account list of approx. 200 B2B existing accounts.

*following up new leads generated by our own in-house online marketing campaigns.

*managing and maintaining customer intelligence , key prospects and actions using our CRM customer database.

*contributing to sales projects which offer new products and incentives to new and existing customers.

*managing customers ongoing requirements, gaining product and competitor feedback, and identifying competitive threats to the business.

*building your knowledge and credibility in a significant and exciting market