Sales Account Manager

Role: Sales Account Manager
Location: Cheltenham
Salary: Up-to GBP26,000 basic + Commission
If you are looking to kick-start a career in sales, then our client is looking for YOU!
We are looking for someone who has little to no experience in sales but who would like to forge a career working for a market leader in the Media Industry. This role offers clear, structured development, training and progression to ensure you can achieve the next step in your career.
About the role:
As a Sales Account Manager, you'll be responsible for your very own projects. These will be within the Equine and Shooting sectors with some well known and revered clients and publishers.
You may also be tasked with other projects from complimentary therapies, right the way through to health and fitness when required, so a real can do attitude is needed! The vast majority of your time will be spent proactively sourcing new leads and hunting for business across a variety of pre-agreed business sectors.
You need to be happy to pick up the phone, send emails, meet clients via video calls or attend meetings in person as well as relevant industry events as needed. Leads will also be provided to you via incoming enquiries as well as other means, but to be successful in this role you must turn up every day with passion and enthusiasm, and never leave a stone unturned!
We believe that a sales person should maintain their relationships, so there is a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to establish some great clients, whom can then be account managed for many years. As this is a role multi tasking across different sectors, applicants must be attentive and very well organised!
You will be a key member of the team, taking part in regular open forum discussions, feeding back vital knowledge gained in the field and contributing to winning ideas - ultimately making a valuable and immediate contribution to the company's growth.
About you:
Enthusiastic, motivated and well organised with a professional and confident approach.Positive, proactive and enjoy working on your own initiative.Thorough understanding of the sales process and confident communicating via email, telephone and face-to-face.Enjoy building relationships and communicating the benefits of our market-leading advertising solutions.Ability to use the web and social media channels to prospect for leads.Hungry for success and able to deliver bottom line revenue growth.The ability to negotiate and take control of closing a sale.A self starter that can hit the ground running from day one.A keen understanding of the Shooting and/or Equine sectors is preferable.
Salary, commission and perks:
Starting salary GBP18k-GBP26k depending on experienceAttractive quarterly commission structure up to GBP3k per annum (based upon performance)20 days paid holiday plus bank holidaysAn additional day's holiday for every year worked for the company (for the first 5 years), plus your birthday offOn-going training and personal performance reviews
Hit apply today!