Sales Account Manager

Travail Employment Group; Denby Dale; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic engineering firm located in Denby Dale is searching for a Sales Account Manager to spearhead business development and nurture customer relationships. This is a permanent position offering a competitive salary of £40 - 45k plus potential bonuses. The successful candidate will possess a strong background in sales within an engineering context and demonstrate exceptional communication and organisational skills. Join a company poised for growth, where you can contribute to exciting projects in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Commission / bonus

Lunchtime finish on Fridays

£150 tax free vouchers monthly

Free parking

Qualifications

• Previous sales experience within an engineering environment.
• Track record of delivering profitable sales.
• Comfortable holding face-to-face meetings with customers.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for tendering for new business and project estimating.
• Generate new business leads from various sources.
• Produce and process quotations for customers.

Skills

Sales experience in engineering environment

Strong communication skills

Organisational skills

IT literate

Ability to influence

Tools

Estimating software

MS Office Suite

Job description

Sales Account Manager

£40 - 45k p/a basic + profit based bonus on successful completion of probation, Mon to Thurs 7.30am to 4.15pm, Fri 7.30am to 1.30pm, £150 tax free vouchers every month, Permanent role.

Our Huddersfield based client are an engineering / manufacturing business who have recently seen large capital investment in the latest automation and equipment. The company are focused on doubling the output in the next 3-5 years whilst maintaining / improving margins. This business supplies to a variety of sectors and has seen considerable growth in the last couple of years. This is a very exciting time to join this expanding and thriving business. With more than 50 years' extensive experience and an unrivalled drive for innovation, they have honed a reputation as a leading name in the industry.

Using the latest technology, they deliver a comprehensive and holistic solution to meet their client's needs. They supply services nationally across a broad range of sectors, including Agricultural, Automotive, Construction, Digital signage, Food processing, Kiosk and vending, Scientific and medical, Switchgear and Rail.

Job / Experience

• Previous Sales experience within an engineering environment, commercially astute and a track record of delivering profitable sales within a fast paced environment.
• Responsible for tendering for new business, project estimating, to include reading and understanding of customer drawings in a variety of different formats, building relationships with current customer base and with new to maximise the sales from each.
• Capable of generating new business leads from research, historical relationships or social media platforms and be tenacious in approaching potential new customers in the most effective way.
• Produce and process quotations for customers.
• Be able to break down engineering drawings into a suitable parts list to enable purchasing of material and creating BOM'S.
• Be driven in achieving sales targets and reporting of results with a can do attitude.
• Comfortable in holding face to face meetings both internal and external with customers to discuss projects.
• Confident in discussing any contractual issues which may arise.
• Experience in selling sheet metal parts to the rail industry would be advantageous but not essential

Key Competencies & Personal Attributes

• Strong communication skills.
• Possess strong organisational skills to prioritise your own workload to achieve deadlines
• IT literate (confident is using estimating software packages) and MS office suite, familiar with modern marketing methods
• A strong influencer with the ability to clearly explain the company's potential product offerings
• Passionate, motivated with a thriving work ethic
• Capable of adding value to team meetings.

Benefits

• £40 - 45k basic salary with commission / bonus
• Lunchtime finish on Friday's
• £150 tax free vouchers every month
• Free parking
• Successful company

What next

If you feel like you have the above experience and would like to apply for this position please click apply below, email your CV or call Tamara Lamb on (phone number removed) for any questions.