Account Manager

JOB TITLE: Account Manager
LOCATION:  Warrington
SALARY: £14,500 basic increasing to £18,000 after probationary period, OTE £26,000
DURATION:  Permanent

COMPANY INFORMATION:
My client is one of the pioneers of the UK’s printer cartridge industry and are in the unique position of having manufacturing, distribution and recycling under one roof.

They sell printer cartridges and office products direct to businesses via mail order and have an expanding and successful franchise network throughout the UK, Ireland and Spain.

OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE:
This is a full time position based in Warrington and involves working hours Monday-Friday 9am – 5pm. The Account Manager role is responsible to the Sales Director.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
To maintain regular contact with a database of existing UK customers.
• To retain these customers, increase sales volume and maximise cross selling opportunities within the database.
• To build a rapport and provide a first class customer experience.
• To increase database size and turnover through quoting and closing deals for new customers.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
With previous business to business sales experience, you will be self motivated and able to work on own initiative. You should have a positive outlook and a clear and polite telephone manner.
You should be capable of overcoming objections and closing sales. Previous experience of the Office products/ Printing industry would be an advantage, but is not essential.

* Achieving sales targets
* Retention of customers
* Cross sell other products (Stationery / Hardware / Furniture)
* Increase sales of Brands over OEM (Original Equipment Manufacture)
* Pro-actively seek and close new customer accounts from leads provided
* Actively encourage customers to order through website Measurement of Performance

You will be working to monthly sales targets based around, increasing your customer database turnover, achieving a minimum margin, and converting new customers. Performance is also measured using one to ones, call stats and call monitoring.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:
A-C grade GSCE Maths and English 12 months business to business experience, with a proven track record of consistently hitting targets.

For further information about this role please send your CV to:  sue.wilcox@millbank.com or call 01928 751 000

The Millbank group is an independently owned business whose growth has been carefully planned and structured to ensure that the highest levels of service are maintained throughout all areas of the business. The company is both a temporary and permanent staffing solution provider for the key disciplines within Engineering, Technical, Scientific, Safety, Project Control, Manufacturing and Commercial sectors
Millbank is a member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and hold ISO 9001:2000 certification.