Trainee Account Manager

Pareto; Essex; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

OTE £40k (Y1)

Training and development

Career progression

Social events

Company holidays

Pension

Job summary

Pareto in the United Kingdom is seeking a driven Trainee Account Manager. You will learn the business, support senior account managers, and progressively take ownership of relationships within mid-to-large client accounts across the market.

After 9–12 months you’ll meet clients face to face, generate new streams of business via prospecting and LinkedIn, and contribute to revenue growth while developing professionally within a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills are essential.
• Self-motivated with a strong desire to succeed.
• Ambitious and determined to progress within the company.
• Educated to degree level with good written/verbal skills.

Responsibilities

• Obtain a comprehensive working knowledge of their offering and marketplace.
• Support senior account managers with up- and cross-selling into larger accounts.
• Independently manage and sell to lower spend accounts.
• Develop relationships and new streams of business via prospecting, LinkedIn and strategic emails.
• Understand customers and articulate solutions to meet needs.
• After 9–12 months, start meeting clients face to face and take responsibility for relationships.

Skills

Exceptional communication

Interpersonal skills

Self-motivated

Ambitious and determined

Education

Degree level education

Job description

Our client brings businesses together with communications tech in new and unexpected ways, making their clients more accessible, more productive and more profitable. Working primarily with mid to large-sized UK enterprises, they're recognised leaders within their space.

In the last year they've experienced an exciting period of growth and have doubled in size, creating lots of opportunities! You'll join a team where there is a great scope for progression, from Trainee to Senior Account Manager and perhaps even a business leader with us in the future!

Trainee Account Manager Package:

• A competitive basic salary of £30k
• Y1 OTE of £40k!
• Comprehensive support and training - both internal and external
• Excellent scope for progression, earning potential, professional and personal development
• Regular socials in a welcoming, inclusive atmosphere and regular charity events
• Incentive company holidays in the snow and sun!
• Lucrative incentive and bonus schemes
• Pension

Trainee Account Manager Role:

• Obtain a comprehensive working knowledge of their offering and the marketplace they operate within
• Support senior account managers with up and cross selling into larger accounts
• Independently manage and sell to lower spend accounts
• Develop relationships, rapport and new streams of business with new clients via prospecting, LinkedIn and strategic e-mails
• Develop an understanding of their customers, their needs and sell back to them articulately with the correct solution
• After 9-12 months, you'll start going out and meeting clients on a face to face basis - directly engaging with customers and taking ultimate responsibility for business relationships

Trainee Account Manager Requirements:

• Educated to degree level
• Possess exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated, with a strong desire to succeed
• Ambitious and determined

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK. Pareto values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.