Trainee Account Manager

Pareto; Salford; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Company holidays

Bonus schemes

Regular socials

Training and development

Job summary

Pareto is recruiting a Trainee Account Manager in Salford, UK. You’ll join a growing team that supports progression from trainee to senior roles and beyond, with mentoring and structured training.

You’ll learn the company’s offerings, support senior managers with cross-selling, and start meeting clients after 9–12 months to take ownership of relationships and drive growth within mid to large-sized UK enterprises.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level.
• Must have a driving licence and a car.
• Possess exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Self-motivated, with a strong desire to succeed.
• Ambitious and determined.

Responsibilities

• Develop relationships and prospect new clients via LinkedIn and email.
• Support senior account managers with up-selling into larger accounts.
• Manage and sell to lower spend accounts independently.
• Meet clients face to face after 9–12 months and manage business relationships.

Skills

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Self-motivated

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

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 £27k
• Y1 OTE of £27k!
• 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
• Must have a driving licence and a car
• 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.