Strategic Account Growth Executive

Jewson; Folkestone; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Pension plan

Life assurance

WorkPerks platform

Aviva Digicare+

Employee discounts

Job summary

Jewson in the United Kingdom is seeking a Sales Executive to manage a portfolio across Dover, Hythe and Folkestone. You will build strong customer relationships, drive profitable sales and deliver a seamless experience through proactive engagement and effective project follow-up.

You will work closely with branch teams and suppliers to ensure orders run smoothly while identifying opportunities to grow, onboard and reactivate accounts.

Qualifications

• Experience in sales, account management, or customer support.
• Commercial awareness of margins, rebates, delivery charges, and credit processes.
• Clear and professional communicator across phone, email, and in-person; able to build relationships with customers at all levels, branches, suppliers and regional teams.
• Project coordination, prioritisation and multitasking skills.
• Organisational skills with ability to manage your own diary.
• Full UK Driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Manage and grow your assigned account portfolio.
• Develop trust relationships with a portfolio of customers to maintain and improve profitability.
• Be proactive, responsive, and visible, including regular site visits and customer check-ins.
• Simplify the customer experience by ensuring close management of all owned accounts.
• Follow up and requote projects as required to meet or exceed revenue, margin, and growth targets.
• Work closely with branches to prioritise orders and delivery requirements.
• Provide specification & product data as required.
• Support branches with onboarding of new accounts, ensuring they start and continue to spend.
• Acquire a thorough understanding of customer needs and requirements, expanding relationships with solutions.
• Target dormant and lapsed accounts to reactivate them.
• Target, open and grow new customer accounts.
• Build strong supplier relationships & work in partnership to secure & grow customer business.
• Demonstrate strong team ethics by working collaboratively with branches and colleagues.

Skills

Sales experience

Account management

Customer support

Relationship building

Field sales

Job description

Jewson in the United Kingdom is seeking a Sales Executive to manage a portfolio across Dover, Hythe and Folkestone. You will build strong customer relationships, drive profitable sales and deliver a seamless experience through proactive engagement and effective project follow-up.

You will work closely with branch teams and suppliers to ensure orders run smoothly while identifying opportunities to grow, onboard and reactivate accounts.