Account Manager - Personal Care

SRG; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly bonus

Pension 6.5%

Lease car

Private healthcare

Job summary

SRG, a leading personal care ingredients distributor, is seeking an Account Manager to drive sales across the UK. This remote role offers occasional on-site visits in the South West and a generous benefits package with a quarterly bonus and strong pension.

You will build and nurture relationships with personal care brands and manufacturers, travel about one-third of the time, and promote an innovative portfolio of sustainable active ingredients.

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification in Chemistry, Biology or related field.
• Full, clean UK driving licence.
• Willing to travel ~1/3 of the time across the UK.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills and English fluency.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain customer relationships to grow account spend.
• Travel approximately one third of your time across the UK to client sites.
• Promote the product portfolio of innovative, sustainable active ingredients.
• Generate leads to identify new potential customers in your region.
• Identify, contact and develop new business using a variety of methods.
• Maintain and update the database to build a customer pool.
• Keep abreast of product development and trends in the personal care industry.

Skills

Consultative sales

Technical sales

Communication skills

Fluent English

Driving licence

Education

Chemistry degree or Biology degree

Job description

Title: Account Manager - Personal Care

Location: Remote, occasional requirement on site in the South West

Salary: 30,000 - 55,000 (dependent upon experience) + benefits

Term: Permanent

SRG is working with a leading personal care ingredient distributor in the South West, who offer a wide range of innovative raw materials to manufacturers and brands in the UK and European personal care market. Having recently been acquired by a multi-national organisation, this company offers the backing of a large organisation with a small enough commercial team to make a genuine impact.
With a big focus on in-house formulation development and innovation, they are now looking for an Account Manager to join them and drive sales of their product portfolio. Adopting a value-based sales approach, you will travel extensively across the UK, meeting customers to continually develop and grow customer relationships across personal care innovators, brands and manufacturers.
This would be an amazing opportunity for a Chemistry graduate looking to utilise their degree outside the lab and pivot into a customer-facing, commercial role, or for an experienced Account Manager in the personal care industry to develop their career further.

Benefits

Multinational ingredients supplier with a strong focus on innovation and a small, dynamic commercial team where you can really make a difference. Generous quarterly bonus scheme (based on personal performance), 6.5% employer pension, lease car and private healthcare.

Role / Description

• Building existing customer relationships to ensure customer satisfaction and ultimately look to increase account spend
• Travelling approximately 1/3 of your time across the UK to visit customer sites
• Promoting the company's product portfolio of innovative, sustainable active ingredients
• Generating leads to identify new potential customers in your region
• Identifying, contacting and developing new business using a variety of methods
• Maintaining and updating the database to build a customer pool
• Keeping abreast of product development & trends in the personal care industry.

Requirements

• Direct experience in consultative and technical sales of personal care raw materials
• Or experience working as a Formulation Chemist in the personal care industry looking to pivot into a commercial role
• Degree-level qualified (or equivalent) in Chemistry, Biology or a closely related subject
• Full, clean UK driving licence
• Willing, able and excited to travel 1/3 of your time across the whole of the UK
• A proactive approach and drive to deliver exceptional customer service
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Fluent in English, both written and verbal.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Vertage Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.