Sales Account Manager (West of Ireland)

Promptly Recruitment; Galway; Hybrid; EUR 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus up to 21%

Pension from day one

VHI health plan

Job summary

Promptly Recruitment is recruiting a Sales Account Manager for Ireland's western territory. You will manage 25–30 franchised dealer accounts across Athlone, Longford, Roscommon, Sligo, Mayo and Donegal, promoting new/used car finance, service plans, warranties and related funding.

You will report to the National Sales Manager and balance on‑the‑road visits with home-working, with onboarding to start. Strong relationship and data skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Face-to-face B2B sales or account management experience.
• Motor finance knowledge preferred.
• Ability to build trust with dealers at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Own 25–30 franchised dealer accounts across the western patch.
• Deliver targets for finance and service products.
• Work with operations, credit, compliance and marketing to support dealers.

Skills

B2B sales

Account management

Motor finance

CRM: Salesforce

Education

APA qualification

CIP01/CIP04

Tools

Salesforce

Microsoft Office

Job description

West of Ireland · Field-based · Permanent, full-time

THE ROLE

One of Ireland's largest motor finance providers, part of a global automotive group, is hiring a Sales Account Manager to run its western territory.

You will own a portfolio of 25 to 30 franchised dealer accounts across Athlone, Longford, Roscommon, Sligo, Mayo and Donegal. You are the face of the business to every dealer on your patch. Your job is to help them sell more finance, and to sell it properly: new and used car finance, service plans, warranty, GAP insurance and wholesale stocking funding.

These are established accounts, not cold calls. A separate business development team handles new dealer acquisition. You report to the National Sales Manager, with no direct reports.

HOW THE WEEK WORKS

• 3 to 3.5 days a week on the road with your dealers
• 1.5 days a week working from home
• No more than 2 office days a month
• 2 to 4 weeks of structured onboarding to start

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Be the primary point of contact for every dealer in your territory, from dealer principal to business manager and sales executive
• Deliver monthly, quarterly and annual targets across new and used car finance, finance penetration, service plans, and loyalty and retention
• Build and run a monthly dealer contact plan, with a clear agenda and written actions for every visit
• Grow wholesale stocking funding, service plans, extended warranty and GAP insurance
• Coach dealer teams through regular finance reviews, working with the network training team
• Contribute to dealer credit reviews with well-informed recommendations and appeals
• Monitor dealer processes against company policy and Irish motor finance regulation, and elevate risk early
• Track competitor offerings and service levels across the west
• Log calls, activity, opportunities and KPIs in Salesforce
• Work daily with operations, credit, compliance, complaints, marketing, accounts and brand colleagues
• Product focus: retail finance. Hire purchase and PCP, including business users buying commercial vehicles. No leasing or rental products

WHAT YOU WILL BRING

• Face-to-face B2B sales or account management experience. Motor finance is strongly preferred.
• A home base in or close to the western territory
• The ability to build trust at every level, from dealer principal to the sales floor
• Self-drive and resilience in an industry that is changing quickly
• An analytical, problem-solving approach to performance data
• Strong Microsoft Office skills and experience with Salesforce or a similar CRM
• The ability to meet Central Bank Fitness and Probity and Minimum Competency standards

DESIRABLE

• APA or CIP qualification. If not held, you will sit the APA exams after appointment, or take the QFA route through the Loans and Regulation modules.
• CIP01 and CIP04 from the Insurance Institute of Ireland, or completion within 4 years
• A credit background
• Experience managing a geographic territory in a field-based role
• Experience in the motor industry or financial services
• Attitude counts as much as knowledge here. The business values relationship skills, self-drive and resilience over a perfect CV

THE PACKAGE

• 0% to 21% company bonus
• Pension from day one, rising to up to 9% employer contribution after probation
• VHI Company Plan Extra Level 1 from day one, for you and your immediate dependants
• 24 days' annual leave plus 2 company days, with extra service days every 3 years
• Life assurance at 4× salary and income protection
• Business mileage reimbursed
• Employee Car Ownership Scheme and staff vehicle purchase scheme