Account Manager

This is an exciting opportunity, working for a well-established company based on the outskirts of Chester. As Account Manager you will be responsible for identifying and developing sales opportunities with both new and existing clients.

As a business development account manager, you will work both on your own and as part of a small sales team contacting existing and prospective clients, with the primary objective of gaining referrals and new business.

Main Responsibilities:

• Identify and forge relationships with contacts at all levels
• Creation and management of your own sales pipeline, to be regularly reported on to the sales management.
• Meet and exceed monthly sales targets.
• Develop targeted strategies bespoke to individual agencies.
• Assist in the creation of marketing collateral targeted at prospective clients.
• Preparation of commercial proposals.
• Expand network of contacts to ensure market and commercial awareness.
• Oversee the onboarding process with new agencies.
• Be organised in the maintaining of accurate sales notes and plans.
• Keep up to date with all developments within the recruitment services industry, compliance and general taxation legislation that relate to the operating processes
• Work collaboratively with external Account Directors in order to ensure messaging and strategy is aligned throughout the team.

Skills, knowledge, and experience required:

• The successful candidate will show a hunger and determination to succeed and will have a keen understanding of the industry
• Experience within recruitment sector is required
• Ability to manage all aspects of developing existing and new accounts: prospecting, third-party relationship management and deal closing

Person Specification:

• Confident Communicator
• Self-starter
• Track record of building client relationships
• Business development experience
• Happy to be office based in Chester

Unfortunately, due to time restrictions we cannot respond to every applicant, in the event that we haven’t contacted you within 48 hours please take it you have not been successful for this particular role, but your details will be kept on file and considered for all future vacancies.

We are an equal opportunities agency and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

We are acting on behalf of the client as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.