Trainee IT Sales Account Manager

Siamo Recruitment a division of Siamo Group; Cirencester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading IT distributor as a Trainee Sales Account Manager, where you'll build relationships across the IT channel while learning in a supportive environment. With a competitive base salary and uncapped commission potential, this role is ideal for someone passionate about sales and growth.

Benefits

Uncapped commission structure

23 + 8 days annual leave

Free gym membership

Free on-site parking

Team-building exercises

External qualifications and internal development

Qualifications

• Desire to learn from customers.
• Ability to negotiate with vendors and end users.
• Keen to develop within a thriving market.

Responsibilities

• Build on existing relationships and awareness of products.
• Highlight and develop a new customer base through various means.
• Complete regular product training to enhance product knowledge.

Skills

Sales exposure

Relationship building

Negotiation

Motivation

Job description

We here at Siamo Recruitment are working with a global powerhouse in IT and a leading distributor in the UK. A specialist working with the most renowned IT Vendors.

As the Trainee Sales Account Manager, you will be actively researching, learning, and developing your knowledge around the IT Channel with the support of your team and management.

You look to grow and develop new, lapsed, and smaller users to build your pipeline, offering professional advice and solutions to meet their demands.

You will actively unearth and build relationships with the vendors. Your aim is to actively nurture and develop relationships across the IT Lifecycle, highlighting relevant and value-added opportunities to your prospects covering both Hardware and Software.

With a leading sales department, this is an opportunity to learn, develop, and grow within a thriving firm that consistently invests in its staff.

Now, what makes this role entrepreneurial? This is a channel-focused opportunity where you will actively bridge the gap between distributors and end users, offering a bespoke package. This means you negotiate on both sides, from supplier to end users, making you highly competitive within the IT sphere.

With a starting base salary of £25,000 - £29,000, offering an uncapped commission structure, earning north of £35,000 first-year OTE.

What does our client offer you?

• Package supported with an uncapped commission structure earning between 5% - 20% of sales
• 23 + 8 days annual leave entitlement
• Free gym membership
• Free on-site parking
• Regular group and team-building exercises
• Offering external qualifications and internal development
• Joining a supporting, driven, and market-leading sales department

This Trainee / Graduate IT Sales Account Manager role will hold the below responsibilities:

• Build on existing relationships within the channel, growing awareness of products supplied to end users
• Highlighting and developing a new customer base through business development, networking, social media, and email marketing
• Negotiating and working with brokers to effectively buy and distribute their products
• Completing regular product training to successfully identify your customer base and product knowledge
• Working with Specialist Solutions and the Hardware/Software teams to effectively meet team revenue goals
• Working to quick deadlines to ensure meeting customer commitments

The ideal candidate for this Trainee / Graduate IT Sales Account Manager will hold:

• Previous sales exposure would be advantageous
• A passion for relationship building and the desire to learn from your customers
• A high flyer keen to develop and grow within a thriving market
• A natural passion for sales and a willingness to build their own relationships
• Ability to negotiate with vendors and end users
• Ability to perform in a supportive environment
• Motivated by uncapped earnings potential