Account Manager – Construction / Utilities
Location: Newport
£40,000 - £45,000 Per Annum
Technical Account Manager needed to join a growing portable CCTV business in Newport.
As the Technical Account Manager you will be responsible for generating new business opportunities and maximising existing business revenue by promoting the products and services to customers.
80% of your time will be spent with clients at their sites. All are within 1 hour from the Newport site. This role is 70% existing business relationships and 30% new business.
Monday-Friday- 8-5pm or 8:30-5:30pm
Day to Day responsibilities of the Account Manager
- Attend meetings booked by yourself and the wider business development team and fully explore the customer needs/requirements.
- Demonstrate the most relevant products and services that will support the customers’ needs.
- Identify new sales leads either to book yourself, whilst supporting the BDE team with contacts and project opportunities to book meetings on your behalf.
- Explore and develop all commercial opportunities for the company.
- Maximise revenue and profit in every commercial opportunity and negotiate on the best possible commercial terms.
- Achieve your KPIs and strive to exceed headline activity.
Key Skills, Knowledge & Experience
- Experience within an account management, customer-centric role, ideally within the utilities or construction sectors
- Understanding of short sales cycles and experience maintaining a strategic portfolio to suit.
- Experience in plant hire would be preferable but not essential
- Money-motivated individual with a desire to learn, develop and take full ownership of the role.
- Solution-focused, passionate and resilient
- You can combine compassion and competitiveness – you will work alongside, rather than at the expense of a team.
The Benefits for the Account Manager :
- A basic salary of up to £45,000 depending on location and experience.
- Achievable individual bonus, up to £15k OTE.
- Car Allowance - £8.5k
- 23 days annual leave, plus bank holidays. Increases with length of service
- Fantastic and proven career progression opportunities and personal development.
- Simply Health, Denplan and Employer Assistance Programme.
- Employer pension contributions increase with length of service.
- Sociable work culture with regular team and company-wide activities.