Account Sales Manager

Carbon, Inc.; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international corporation seeks a Key Account Sales Manager based in the UK to manage and grow accounts for activated carbon products across Europe. The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of sales management experience and a degree in Chemistry or a related field. This role involves significant travel and offers a competitive salary up to £60k plus bonuses and benefits.

Benefits

Bonus

Car or car allowance

Benefits

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in activated carbon sales management.
• Ability to coach and develop external teams.
• Self-starter with excellent organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and grow existing accounts.
• Develop new client accounts through partnerships.
• Travel throughout Europe for customer visits.

Skills

Sales management experience in activated carbon

Strong people management skills

Excellent communication skills

Technical knowledge of air filtration

Education

Degree in Chemistry or related Science discipline

Job description

Overview

Due to continued growth in our European operations (Bristol UK, Dortmund Germany, and Gdansk Poland), we are expanding our European sales team by recruiting additional sales staff in the United Kingdom. You will have three to five years activated carbon sales management experience in the key areas of Air Filtration, Biogas, Chemicals, Food and Beverage, Remediation, Water Purification and Wastewater Filtration. As a Key Account Sales Manager with responsibility for major account development across the United Kingdom and Europe, you will work closely with the EMEA regional sales teams and distribution networks. You will have significant sales and marketing experience in activated Carbon products and services that demonstrates a history of success and an ability to grow new and existing accounts through personal sales drive, technical expertise, collaboration and partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Currently working as a Key Account Sales Manager, Account Manager and looking to use your experience in a wider commercially oriented role.
• Manage and grow existing accounts to ensure maximum penetration and coverage for new products and services.
• Use sales, technical knowledge, and prior relationships to develop new client accounts and work closely with channel partners, agents, and distributors to maximise coverage and sales.
• Collaborate with UK and European based teams and EMEA regional networks.
• Travel throughout Europe for customer visits, trade shows, conferences and training (approximately 25 to 50% of the time).

Qualifications

• A degree in Chemistry or a related Science discipline, or occupational equivalents supported by further business qualifications and relevant industry experience.
• Strong people management skills, able to coach, train, and develop external teams (agents/distributors) to ensure sales revenues are achieved while delivering high levels of customer satisfaction and service.
• Self-starter, dynamic, driven and entrepreneurial, with an inquisitive nature, data-driven and numerate with good IT, organisational and planning skills, able to multi-task and challenge at all levels of the organisation.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal, written and presentation), able to motivate and influence others and take ownership of tasks and processes to ensure timely completion.

Salary and Benefits

• Salary up to £60k (Depending on experience) + bonus, car or car allowance + benefits