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SalaryJob Title: Sales Account Manager
Location: Leeds
Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 per year OTE (BONUS 5% of any sales) Other Perks: £50 monthly mobile phone bill contribution / Regular free food and drinks / Regular company events & nights out / Cycle to work scheme / Free on-site parking.
Job Type: Permanent, Full Time. Monday-Friday - Minimum Hours: 09.00am - 17.30pm.
Company Overview:
Link Communication are built of a team of fun-loving, friendly, technology-orientated Marketing experts, who have been revolutionising the traditional Marketing industry with our innovative products over the last 27 years. It was founded by passionate people enthusiasts with a mission to help businesses with brand orientated, ground breaking Marketing products all across the UK be at the forefront of companies Brand Awareness and Marketing Strategies. We here at Link are the Market Leader in our field, winning marketing industry awards for 'The Most Effective Retail Sales Experience' in 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018. As such we are looking forward to a valued member to join our team of expert Marketers and Sales fanatics.
Our Sales Account Manager is there to facilitate growth by understanding clients’ needs, create proposals, interest, securing approval & ensuring Customer Success therefore uplifting revenue for each client.
Job description:
Proposal Creation;
- Planning effective experiential marketing strategy and creation of costed activity proposals.
- Effective use of PowerPoint, Excel and relevant photography to communicate campaign plans.
- Liaising with LINK’s in house designers to create appealing visuals to aid the sales process.
Customer Database Management;
- Identification of customers and CRM database management: cleansing, updating & organisation.
- Conduct research from LinkedIn, trade media, exhibitions, consumer events and retailers.
- Lapsed prospect and live client analysis, with cross contact networking to expand audience.
Consultative Selling;
- Pro-active, consultative understanding of clients’ needs and matching them with company services.
- Appointment booking and attendance either directly or with Link's senior directors.
- Rapport and confidence building with multiple points of contact and on-going dialogue.
- Achieving or exceeding pre-agreed sales targets for financial KPI bonusing.
Reporting & Optimising Performance;
- Ensuring that all clients receive an optimised service with on time responses, feedback and analysis.
- Organising post campaign de-briefs to run through reports, learnings & identify next actions.
- Instigating post campaign client feedback on LINK team performance ratings.
Salary and perks - What’s in it for you?
- Starting Wage: £30,000
- Year one OTE: £50,000 (realistic)
- Bonusing: Uncapped 5% of Gross Profit (GP) from new sales won.
- EG: A £60k campaign averaging 30% GP = £18k = £850 bonus, p/campaign.
- Exciting highly desirable product, selling to world class brands and market leaders.
- Secure 2 x £60k campaign p/month (X 12) = £20k bonus, plus £30k basic = £50k OTE
- Holidays: 30 days paid holiday in 2024-25 (22 working days, birthday, all bank holidays)
- Appraisals: Bi-annual reviews with regular opportunity for significant basic wage growth.
- Other Perks: £50 monthly mobile phone bill contribution / Regular free food and drinks / Regular company events & nights out / Cycle to work scheme / Free on-site parking.
- Location: Governor House, 47 Kent Road, Leeds. West Yorkshire, LS28 9BB.
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Sick pay
Experience:
- Sales: 6 years (required)
Please click Apply to send your CV for this role.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Employee Benefits, Client Support Manager, Customer Services Manager, Support Team Leader, Client Services Team Leader, Client Support Administrator, Client Services Support, Client Relationship Assistant may also be considered for this role.
