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Account Manager
Role Overview
A brilliant opportunity for an experienced sales representative to move into an exciting Account Management role. This role will be field based covering the East-Midlands
The Account Manager is responsible for cultivating and driving the commercial relationship for customer accounts in their territory and achievement of individual territory sales budget
Role Requirements
– Act as the main contact for customers in a defined territory.
– Develop the knowledge at the customer site identifying all decision makers, competitor assets and customer related incidents and being responsible for ensuring this is captured in CRM.
– Develop relations at all levels of management in the institution for a holistic view.
– Strategic account management to maintain relationships and grow/achieve annual sales objectives with a comprehensive overview of all product ranges.
– Manage the entire sales process and define and communicate the actions to be carried out with the support of internal experts.
– Assist in generating tender responses and lead negotiations and discussions until the signing of sales contracts, relying on the business developers to finalise the opportunities.
Person Specifications
– BSc or higher in a life science subject ideally microbiology but open to other areas.
– Significant experience in sales, preferably in the Life Science/ Diagnostics environment
– Strong business acumen along with demonstrated work ethic, integrity, and professional conduct
– Leadership and ability to convince, persuade and influence
– Ability to adapt in a constantly changing environment
– Ability to turn complexity into simplicity, prioritize, decide and execute
– Ability to connect, facilitate and co-ordinate multifunctional team work