Key Account Manager
Our client develops leading brands for commercial and retail customers, delivering innovative pest control and garden care products to a global customer base. They are looking for an Account Manager, based in Ireland.
Purpose: To achieve monthly sales targets by maintaining relationships with customer base and develop new business with prospects and lapsed accounts.
Account Management
- Maintain regular contact with customers on buying platform.
- Sell the full range of group products to your customers.
- Ensure customers remain adequately stocked with group range, introducing new products where possible.
- Provide up to date product information, including product changes.
- Develop understanding of each customer, the market they sell into and the way they promote the products.
- Ensure our client is the sole supplier by selling the features, advantages and benefits of products.
- Develop understanding and keep up to date with competitors' products
New Business Development
- Convert new business is fundamental to success in the role and also expanding offering to current customer base.
- Grow new business portfolio year on year.
Administrative responsibilities
General
- Go Getter" attitude and can work independently.
- Ideally based in Northern Ireland
- Ability to travel to England at least once a month.
Required Skills and Qualifications
Looking for a "Hunter," who will use initiative and stive to over deliver.
Good level of education and qualifications required
Previous sales experience essential
Product sales experience an advantage - not required
Good level of problem-solving skills desirable
Excellent interpersonal skills required as well as the ability
to negotiate on all levels.
Good level of communication, conversational and
persuasive skills required.