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Internal Account Manager

Employer
Michael Page Sales
Location
Leicestershire
Salary
£20000 - £23000 per annum + holiday + annual bonus
Closing date
9 Nov 2016

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Business Sector
Non Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Sales

Job Details



This is a brilliant opportunity to join an innovative consumer company who have supplied consumer solutions to the agricultural world for the last 150 years. The Internal Account Manager is a brand new role to the company and you will become an integral part to the sales team; working alongside the field sales team and the Sales Manager to drive sales across all the brands of the business.

Client Details

Our client started with one range of products many years ago, since then they have developed greatly; developing and distributing innovative consumer solutions for the last 150 years. This company now manufactures and supplies over 2500 unique and niche products to various agricultural, garden and DIY accounts.

Within their portfolio of products they cater for Birding, Pet, Lawn & Garden, Rodent Control and Animal Control requirements. Our client prides themselves on their customer service, innovative technology and market leading products, combined together they aim to solve the business needs across a varied yet niche collection of accounts.

Description

As the Internal Account Manager you will be based in their Leicestershire office and will report into the European Sales and Marketing Director. Working closely with the field sales team you will be responsible for developing existing accounts and bringing on new accounts; there are currently 250 to 300 accounts you will be accountable for servicing.

The working hours for this role are from 8am to 5pm.

Profile

Key skills and experience required:
  • A passion or interest in gardening / agriculture / DIY would be a bonus
  • Experience in an area of sales
  • Brilliant rapport and relationship building skills
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal skills
  • Self motivated with a positive outlook in order to work autonomously
  • Attention to detail
  • Experienced and confident with Microsoft Excel
  • Based within or near Leicestershire


Job Offer
  • £20k to £23k: dependent upon experience
  • Annual bonus
  • Holiday

Company

Michael Page Sales UK is a leading professional recruitment consultancy covering permanent, interim and contract recruitment. We have UK wide coverage with ten offices located in London, Weybridge, Reading, Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, St Albans, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow. The core markets we serve are Consumer, Business Services, Media, IT/Telco, Financial Services, Healthcare and Technical Sales, with a dedicated person or team in each location specialising in each of these sectors. The clients we work with are as diverse as the candidates we represent; from Blue Chips to SMEs, and Sales Execs to Sales Directors. Our Consultants are typically from relevant sales backgrounds giving first hand experience of the roles we recruit for. We pride ourselves on delivering unrivalled service levels to our candidates and our clients, our track record of success over the past 20 years means we stand out.

Within our Consumer Sales Division we have consultants within each of the 10 offices who dedicate themselves to this sector and no other. Our specialist capability is demonstrated further as we focus on sub sectors such as food, drink, household, foodservice, consumer electronics, apparel, health & beauty, consumer healthcare, pet and sports. Some of our key clients include Colgate, Beiersdorf, Dr Oetker, Johnson & Johnson, Matthew Clark, PZ Cussons, Kellogg’s, 2 Sisters, Samsung, Seven Seas, Twinings, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, SC Johnson, Warburtons, InBev, Kettle Chips, Hallmark, Luxottica, McCain, Britvic, General Mills, and Molson Coors to name but a few!

Michael Page Sales UK is part of Michael Page International with operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. As well as looking for high quality candidates for our clients, we are also always looking for top talent to work for us

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