Location: Field-based / UK
Salary: Competitive, depending on experience
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Are you an experienced Field Sales, Key Account or Business Development professional looking for a role where you can take real ownership of your customers and drive commercial growth?
We’re working with an established and growing business within the retail supply sector, who are looking for a commercially driven Field Account Manager to manage a portfolio of key customers while identifying and winning new business.
This is a genuine field-led sales role, combining face-to-face customer engagement with account management, business development and strategic planning.
The Role
As Field Account Manager, you’ll take ownership of a portfolio of important existing customers, developing strong relationships at multiple levels and identifying opportunities to grow revenue, margin and product penetration.
You’ll also have a strong focus on new business, proactively targeting high-potential prospects and turning opportunities into long-term, profitable customer relationships.
Your responsibilities will include:
* Managing and growing a portfolio of strategic customers.
* Building strong relationships with key decision-makers and influencers.
* Developing account plans to identify opportunities, risks and growth areas.
* Protecting existing revenue while increasing customer spend and product penetration.
* Identifying opportunities across a broad range of products and solutions.
* Developing and converting new-business opportunities.
* Maintaining a healthy and meaningful sales pipeline.
* Conducting regular customer visits, account reviews and presentations.
* Supporting tenders, projects and commercial negotiations.
* Understanding customer requirements and translating them into commercial opportunities.
* Keeping up to date with market trends, competitors and customer activity.
* Working closely with internal teams including Product, Purchasing, Marketing and Internal Sales.
* Maintaining accurate CRM records, forecasts and pipeline information.
* Taking ownership of agreed monthly sales and commercial objectives.
About You
We’re looking for someone who is commercially confident, proactive and relationship-focused, with proven experience working in an external sales environment.
You’ll ideally have:
* Proven experience in Field Sales, Key Account Management or Business Development.
* A strong track record of managing and growing customer relationships.
* Experience winning new business and developing sales pipelines.
* Strong consultative selling and commercial negotiation skills.
* The confidence to engage with customers at multiple levels.
* Excellent communication, presentation and influencing skills.
* Strong organisation and the ability to manage your own diary and priorities.
* A proactive and results-driven approach.
* Experience using CRM systems and Microsoft Office.
* A full UK driving licence.
Experience within retail, fashion, shopfitting, consumables or a related sector would be advantageous, but isn't essential.
What’s important?
This role would suit someone who enjoys being out in front of customers, rather than sitting behind a desk.
You’ll need to be comfortable working autonomously, identifying opportunities for yourself and taking ownership from the initial conversation through to closing the deal.
We're looking for someone who is:
Commercially curious | Customer-focused | Proactive | Self-motivated | Confident | Relationship-driven | Results-oriented
The Opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity to join an established business in a role where you'll have the freedom to manage your own customer relationships, develop new business and make a tangible impact on commercial performance.
If you're an experienced external sales professional who enjoys building relationships, winning business and growing accounts, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today to find out more
Salary description
£35000.00 - £45000.00 per year