If you're a water treatment professional looking for a sales role, look no further! Whether your background is in sales or an operational capacity, you could be our next Account Manager. With a territory based in and around London, you'll also have the opportunity to progress into an Area Manager position.
BASIC SALARY: £40,000 - £50,000
BENEFITS:
· Uncapped commission, circa £5,000 - £15,000 OTE
· Company car / car allowance
· 25 days holiday + bank holidays
· Company training courses
LOCATION: You'll be on the road 80% of the time in and around London, and the remainder you'll be working from home.
COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: London, Reading, Slough, Watford, High Wycombe, Aylesbury, Woking, Camberley, Aldershot, Wembley, Southall, Harrow, Epsom, Sutton, Bromley, Enfield, Ilford, Brentwood, Romford, Dartford, Croydon, Crawley, St Albans, Mitcham, Wimbledon, Brixton, Greenwich, Maidenhead, Chelmsford, Dartford, Maidstone.
JOB DESCRIPTION: Account Manager, Area Sales Manager, Technical Sales - Water Treatment
As our Account Manager you'll be given a client base in and around the London area to look after and grow. You'll develop some new business, working roughly a 70/30 split.
Utilising your experience within the water sector, you'll be using testing kits in a hands-on capacity and working with your customers in a consultative approach to ensure water safety. You'll run review meetings with your clients and look to sell new equipment and chemicals.
You'll also:
· Conduct internal audits, reviews and reports
· Take legionella samples, ready to be sent back to our lab
· Test cooling towers, boilers and closed loop systems
PERSON SPECIFICATION: Account Manager, Area Sales Manager, Technical Sales - Water Treatment
You already have a background from the water treatment industry so you'll be familiar with our world. Ideally your experience will come from a sales capacity, but if you're looking for a new challenge and want to step away from your engineering, service chemist or operational role, we can support your transition into a sales environment.
You'll represent the company and be able to build strong rapport with your client base and potential new customers. You'll be hungry to develop new business opportunities to grow the territory and maximise your earning potential.
You'll also
· Possess strong negotiation skills
· Be confident presenting in front of clients
· Hold a full, clean UK license
THE COMPANY:
With 12 regional offices, we're specialists of water treatment, water hygiene, air hygiene, mechanical and electrical compliance, and pre-commissioning and commissioning. We're a major name in the industry and are committed to growing our continued success.
PROSPECTS:
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to grow and develop into an Area Manager within the business.
It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services: Account Manager, Area Sales Manager, Sales Executive, Sales Representative, Business Development Manager, Sales Engineer, Service Chemist, Service Engineer, Water Treatment Engineer - Water Treatment, Water Hygiene, Cooling Towers, Boilers, TVS, Closed Loop Systems.
INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.
Wallace Hind Selection, alongside our client embrace diversity, champion equality, and foster inclusion to create a work environment where everyone belongs and thrives.
Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the recruitment partner of our client.
REF: JC18008, Wallace Hind Selection
Account Manager
WALLACE HIND SELECTION LIMITED
Posted 4 days ago, valid for 3 days
Croydon, Surrey CR0 2TA, England

£50,000 per annum
Full Time
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Sonic Summary
- The position is for an Account Manager in the water treatment industry, primarily covering a territory in and around London.
- Candidates should have a background in the water treatment sector, ideally with sales experience, but operational roles are also considered.
- The basic salary ranges from £40,000 to £50,000, with additional uncapped commission potential bringing the OTE to approximately £5,000 - £15,000.
- The role requires strong negotiation skills, confidence in client presentations, and a full, clean UK driving license.
- The successful candidate will have opportunities for career progression into an Area Manager position.