Graduate Account Executive
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, Tyne and Wear, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Salary
- £20000 - £23000 per annum + Bonus
- Closing date
- 5 Sep 2019
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Customer Services, Marketing, Sales
Job Details
I am keen to speak to tenacious, driven graduates who want to join a global B2B business in their Newcastle office. The role is for a Graduate Account Executive and the ideal candidate will be - degree educated, excellent communications skills/ customer service experience and extremely personable.
Client Details
My client are a global business with offices across the world within the B2B business service industry.
Description
The key responsibilities of the Graduate Account Executive includes:
- Proactively follow up all assigned serviced office opportunities for office requirements generated through our contracted client relationships
- Responsible for creation of reports, setting up viewings for clients and updating the service providers.
- Develop close relationships with the service providers globally to ensure appropriate management of the prospective client, supporting them with pricing negotiations and suggesting innovative office options.
- Negotiating pricing, additional services and client specific terms with the service providers, both for new and existing locations.
- Develop your business in line with company objectives and monthly team targets.
- Within the role you will be expected to have a clear understanding of the industry sector, client needs and contractual terms.
Profile
The successful Graduate Account Executive will have the following demonstrable attributes:
- Excellent interpersonal skills and a great communicator
- Degree Educated - open to graduates and trainees
- Proactive, tenacious and driven
- Excellent time keeper and able to work on multiple projects at any given time
- A real team player, able to work in a busy, dynamic team
- Looking for a career and progression
- Multilingual would be advantageous but not essential
Job Offer
Excellent role in a growing, global business. Salary £21-£23k plus bonus. Joining a young, dynamic team based in central Newcastle upon Tyne.
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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