Trainee Account Manager

Pareto; Exeter; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading communications technology firm in the UK is seeking a Trainee Account Manager. This role offers a competitive salary of £25k and an OTE of £40k in Year 1, alongside extensive training and support. The position provides an attractive career progression pathway from Trainee to Senior Account Manager, with responsibilities including managing client relationships and supporting senior managers in sales. The ideal candidate will be degree-educated, self-motivated, and possess strong communication skills.

Benefits

Comprehensive support and training

Excellent scope for progression

Regular socials and charity events

Incentive company holidays

Lucrative incentive and bonus schemes

Pension

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level.
• Must possess exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong commercial awareness is required.
• Self-motivated with a strong desire to succeed.
• Ambitious and determined.

Responsibilities

• Obtain a comprehensive working knowledge of their offering and marketplace.
• Support senior account managers with up and cross selling.
• Manage and sell to lower spend accounts independently.
• Develop relationships and new business streams with clients.
• Engage with customers and take responsibility for business relationships.

Skills

Exceptional communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Strong commercial awareness

Self-motivated

Ambitious

Education

Degree level education

Job description

Trainee Account Manager

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 £25k
• 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
• Strong commercial awareness
• 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.

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