Purpose:
Working with both existing and new clients, manage and grow these relationships to build a profitable portfolio for the business. Responsible for developing account strategies, increasing sales, and ensuring exceptional service delivery across multiple regions. This role requires a strong commercial acumen, excellent negotiation skills, and the ability to work cross-functionally with internal teams.
Key Accountabilities:
- Develop and execute strategic account plans to achieve sales targets and business objectives across new and existing accounts.
- Manage relationships with key decision-makers and stakeholders within clients Businesses.
- Monitor and analyse sales performance, identifying areas for improvement and implementing actions to maximise revenue.
- Negotiate pricing, contracts, and promotional agreements in line with company policies and profitability targets.
- Work closely with internal departments (marketing, supply chain, finance, customer service) to ensure seamless execution and customer satisfaction.
- Identify new business opportunities within existing accounts and through networking and market intelligence.
- Build a prospective pipeline of new accounts to acquire and onboard into the business.
- Analyse competitor offerings.
- Identify products and ranges that are required by these account customers.
People/Leadership:
- Strive to always deliver exceptional service levels.
- Prepare and deliver regular account performance reports and forecasts to senior management.
- Organised and structured in your approach.
Financial / Commercials
- Increased year on year spend of ledger accounts.
- Periodic reporting development.
- Striving to hit and surpass all KPI measures.
Risk and process
- Access to sensitive data, including product pricing and client information.
Decision Making/Freedom to Act:
- National coverage of the UK working along side the BDM team to nurture new National Accounts.
- Able to make operational decisions.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required:
- Proven experience as a National Account Manager or similar senior sales role.
- Demonstrated ability to manage large, complex customer accounts and drive growth.
- Commercial awareness with a good business acumen.
- Confident decision maker and effective problem solver.
- Flexible approach with the ability to take the initiative.
- Competent in the use of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
- Organised & structured approach with an ability to prioritise customers’ needs in line with the business strategy.
- Friendly and approachable with excellent communication, presentation skills and strong negotiation abilities.
- Self-motivated and results oriented.
- Strong project management and multitasking capabilities.
- A team player with leadership potential.
- Driving license.