Strategic National Sales Manager

Wallace Hind Talent Solutions; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Wallace Hind Talent Solutions seeks a Strategic National Account Manager – Contract Electronics to lead three Account Managers and drive a £20m strategic account within the UK Defence sector. This is a hybrid role with office time in Milton Keynes and client meetings, requiring strong leadership and commercial acumen.

You will coordinate with engineering, operations and quality to deliver world-class outcomes, coach your team, and report forecasts and budgets to the Managing Director.

Qualifications

• Experience in sub contract manufacturing, ideally in electronics, PCBA
• Managing a multi-million complex account
• Cross functional people leadership driven by collaboration, development and partnerships

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and inspire a team of 3 Account Managers with support teams to ensure client satisfaction
• Oversee a major UK account worth around £20m, driving relationships across all sites at senior stakeholder level
• Collaborate with engineering, operations and quality to deliver world-class outcomes
• Report forecasts, budgets and performance to the Managing Director

Skills

Leadership

Strategic account management

People leadership

Job description

As our Strategic National Account Manager, you will be leading a team of three Account Managers delivering against a strategic account valued at c£20m of revenue. You’ll be a coach, a mentor and client facing. Splitting your time between head office and client meetings, you’ll be a commercially driven individual with a proven track record in contract electronic manufacturing.

LOCATION:

Office based (Milton Keynes) 50% of the time (plus client meetings / WFH)

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS:

Northampton, Bedford, Cambridge, Luton, Huntingdon, Leighton Buzzard, Stevenage, St Neots

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Strategic National Account Manager – Contract Electronics

This role is a strategic leadership role where you will be the driving force behind key relationships with one of the most respected names in UK defence sector – an organisation where precision, process, and performance matter.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategic National Account Manager – Contract Electronics

As our Strategic National Account Manager, you will:

• Lead, coach and inspire a team of 3 direct Account Managers, working closely with support teams to ensure client satisfaction.
• Oversee and develop a major account worth c£20m, ensuring relationships are driven across all UK sites at senior stakeholder level.
• Work cross-functionally with engineering, operations, and quality to deliver world-class outcomes.
• Work closely with the Managing Director accurately reporting forecasts, budgets and performance.

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

Strategic National Account Manager – Contract Electronics

To be successful in your application, you’ll be a people leader, someone who takes pride in developing others, consistently managing the fine balance between customer satisfaction, profit and what’s right.

You’ll need experience of:

• Sub contract manufacturing, ideally in electronics, PCBA, and have
• Managing a multi-million complex account
• Cross functional people leadership driven by collaboration, development and partnerships Management.

THE COMPANY:

As an integrated partner to the major Aerospace / Defence players, we manufacturer key components for some of the most recognisable brands on the planet. With a global presence we pride ourselves on being a local business who values empathy best practice and world class service