Account Executive

Simply Recruiting Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a permanent Account Executive in the United Kingdom. This role involves generating new business within the healthcare and hospitality sectors, managing the sales cycle from prospecting to account onboarding, and conducting product demonstrations. The ideal candidate has at least one year of B2B sales experience, particularly in technology or SaaS, and possesses excellent communication skills. This position offers a range of employee benefits including a company pension and health programs.

Benefits

Company pension

Employee mentoring programme

Free parking

Health & wellbeing programme

On-site parking

Qualifications

• Proven success in an outbound, new-business B2B sales role, ideally in technology or SaaS.
• Strong cold-calling experience with ability to generate demand from scratch.
• Excellent communication, resilience, and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the complete sales cycle from prospecting to closing.
• Conduct tailored online product demonstrations.
• Maintain accurate CRM records and contribute to sales meetings.

Skills

Outbound sales

Cold calling

Account management

Communication skills

Strategic prospecting

Job description

Simple Recruitment are looking for an Account Executive for a permanent opportunity with our client in Midsomer Norton.

Company pension
Employee mentoring programme
Free parking
Health & wellbeing programme
On-site parking

The Job

Our client is seeking a driven, proactive Account Executive to accelerate new business growth within their core front line sectors. This is a high-impact, outbound-driven role responsible for generating pipeline, conducting tailored system demonstrations, managing the full sales cycle, and closing new customers.

Key requirements

Drive New Business Revenue

• Own the complete sales cycle from outbound prospecting to qualification, demonstration, negotiation, and close.
• Build and manage a strong pipeline through consistent outbound activity, including cold calling, email sequences, and targeted research.
• Conduct online product demonstrations tailored to customer requirements and sector-specific challenges.
• Produce accurate proposals, quotes, and forecasts using standard sales tools and processes.

Strategic Prospecting & Market Engagement

• Identify, target, and engage organisations in the Healthcare and Hospitality sectors, including key decision-makers and influencers.
• Gather market and prospect intelligence to sharpen targeting, messaging, and commercial strategy.
• Represent the company professionally in customer conversations and at occasional industry events or client site visits.

Account Onboarding & Growth

• Effectively hand over and support the onboarding of new customers, ensuring training is booked and early adoption is strong.
• Maintain contact with key accounts to protect against churn and identify expansion opportunities.
• Work closely with Marketing, Customer Support, and Product teams to refine campaigns, share insights, and improve customer outcomes.
• Maintain accurate CRM records, ensuring all activity, progress, and forecast information is up to date.
• Contribute to weekly sales meetings with pipeline updates and market feedback

About You

• Proven success in an outbound, new-business B2B sales role (minimum 1 year), ideally selling technology or SaaS solutions.
• Strong cold-calling experience with demonstrated ability to generate demand from scratch.
• Confident delivering online product demonstrations and navigating multi-stakeholder sales processes.
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to uncover customer pain points quickly and accurately.
• Excellent communication, resilience, and organisational skills.

Our brief: Simple Recruitment are acting as an employment agency on behalf of our client, based in Midsomer Norton, who are seeking an Account Executive to join their team on a permanent basis.