Account Manager

Barker Ross; Kirklees; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international business in the UK is looking for a dynamic Account Manager to enhance customer account management in the Wakefield area. This mobile position offers the chance to build strong relationships and optimize sales. Candidates should have experience in customer service and account management, with strong communication and organizational skills. This role offers genuine career opportunities within a meritocratic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in a customer service driven environment with emphasis on key account management and sales.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, highly organized and methodical with great attention to detail.
• Natural confidence with the ability to influence and negotiate.

Responsibilities

• Support customer services, sales and account management teams.
• Develop relationships with customers built on trust.
• Liaise with multiple internal departments like sales and customer services.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Sales knowledge

Education

Degree in Business Administration or related field

Job description

Overview

A dynamic, customer-centric Account Manager is needed to join a successful, market-leading, international business. This is a mobile position covering the Wakefield area, with home as base. It is a remote / hybrid role. The company has an immediate opening to add to the customer account management team due to continued growth and new business wins.

The company works with businesses that impact the lives of millions of people in the UK. It is ambitious and aims to grow in the UK service industry, with a meritocracy that rewards individuals who deliver against objectives and show great performance. Values include respect, integrity, exemplarity and responsibility.

The company achieved Gold Medal Ecovadis status, positioning them among the Top 5% of the 150,000 companies assessed worldwide by Ecovadis, reflecting the strength of their CSR performance across environment, labour and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.

Responsibilities

• Support the customer services, sales and account management teams to ensure each client account is managed professionally and every opportunity to add value and upsell is maximised.
• Develop relationships with customers built on trust and integrity, delivering what you say you will to provide outstanding customer service for retention and to optimise sales opportunities.
• Liaise with multiple internal departments and stakeholders such as the sales team, account managers, customer services, stores, operations and logistics.
• Work in a fast-paced environment, juggle multiple priorities, and keep the customer at the heart of all actions.

Requirements

• Experience in a customer service driven environment with emphasis on key account management and sales.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, highly organised, methodical and process driven with great attention to detail.
• Natural confidence with the ability to influence and negotiate; commercially aware and highly analytical with good listening skills.

Desirable

• Degree educated in Business Administration, Sales, Marketing, or related field (not essential).

What will set you apart

Energy, desire to deliver results and seeing this as a chance to make a real positive impact in the business. Genuine career opportunities exist to progress into senior commercial or operational roles.

How to apply

If you are pro-active, resilient and self-motivated with a positive mindset, highly personable, diplomatic, professional and possess exceptional communication skills with a pragmatic, hands-on approach, get in touch ASAP!

This is an exceptional opportunity to make a positive mark within the team with genuine career prospects in this multi-national business. For immediate consideration, send your CV without delay.

Equality and Compliance

Barker Ross Group values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage applications from all sections of society and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments for your application. For the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.