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Account Manager, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, LE65.
- Account Manager jobs, Sales Engineer jobs, Sales Manager jobs, Business Development Manager jobs.
- Multi-site, successful, and rapidly growing engineering business developing safety control and automation systems for the UK rail sector.
- Market leading product, excellent company reputation, strong bid / tender processes.
- Salary commensurate with experience plus bonus, plus company car or car allowance, flexible working hours, pension, 25 days holiday plus all bank holidays and more!
Do you have a proven track record as an Account Manager or Sales Engineer or Sales Manager? Do you want to join a growing market leader within the UK rail engineering sector that is part of a global engineering group of companies?
Do you want to join a flexible employer with a track record of developing their people?
Your background as an Account Manager:
- Proven track record of sales performance winning of new business and development of key accounts.
- Experience of providing high quality tender / bid submissions.
- Commercial astute to interpret contract terms of conditions some customers are large corporations.
- Be able to work collaboratively with engineers and project teams to develop new and innovative technical solutions for customers.
- We are a looking for a candidate that has good length of tenure within their career.
- Any prior experience of selling into the UK rail sector or selling products that are electrical / control systems / SCADA / systems engineering focused would be beneficial but not essential.
Account Manager responsibilities:
- You will be responsible for leading all proactive business development and account management of a mature revenue stream worth £3m-£5m on an annual basis.
- You will be selling electrical / control / systems engineering products into the UK rail industry.
- Proactively drive new business activities to win new orders and new customers.
- Build, lead, and maintain strong customer relationships with new and existing customers).
- Grow the order book through targeting long term sustainable revenue growth.
- You will be working as part of a successful team of business development and bid / proposal professionals.
- The role will involve frequent UK travel to customer sites (70% of customers are based in the South East of England). On average you are likely to spend 1 day per week working from the sales, projects, and engineering office based in Leicestershire.
