Business Account Manager - Scotland Central Belt - £35k-£45k basic (depending on experience) + bonus

Salary: £35k-£45k basic (depending on experience) + bonus

This position has now been filled, but has been left on our website as we have other similar vacancies to this on an ongoing basis that might interest you. More importantly, we have vacancies that are not advertised due to their confidential nature therefore it would certainly be in your interest to email your CV, as a word document, depending on which sector you are in, to :-

Board level, account management and all levels of sales vacancies -

Our divisional heads will then email your CV internally to the consultant who specialises in your exact sector, for example a category of packaging is cartons, a category of print is print management, in fact we have over 30 specialist categories. Our specialist consultant will contact you if we have a live vacancy that matches, or contact you in the near future as soon a good match to skill set and experience becomes available.

One of the Scotland's fastest growing packaging companies is looking for an Account Manager to join its team of people that focus on delivering outstanding customer service and providing customers with innovative solutions. Their reputation has been built on quality, competitive pricing, and the very highest levels of service from point of order. They carry from stock of a wide range of packaging materials, offering packaging solutions to a wide range of industries including FMCG, eCommerce, Electronics, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, fulfilment & many more.

As Account Manager, you will be tasked with covering the Central Belt & Ayrshire, working with a dedicated internal co-ordinator to develop the existing customer base and grow business. You will be expected to manage a portfolio of existing customers, provide service reviews, and grow usage.

Being able to plan and organise your time effectively will be a big part of the role. We are looking for someone who is outgoing, approachable and skilled in building lasting relationships with key customers. This client is known for providing exceptional service, and this role is no different.

Business Account Manager Key Duties:

• Working with a dedicated internal co-ordinator, you will require excellent communication and team working.
• Creating and implementing a business plan for allocated territory to maximise business development activities & deliver excellent standards of customer service & support
• Working to set Sales and Gross Profit forecast
• Maintaining and developing existing key accounts, whilst also identifying prospective companies and working to make them customers.
• Regularly meeting with customers face to face.
• Working with and updating bespoke CRM system to follow up all leads, enquiries/quotes.
• Providing a consultative approach with customers, creating effective solutions to meet their needs.
• Developing/maintaining a strong knowledge of all packaging solutions and full product range.

Do you have the correct profile?

We would love to hear from you if you are an experienced account management/business development professional within the packaging industry. You will be an effective negotiator, with the ability to actively build strong relationships via first class communication and influencing skills. You will enjoy genuinely 'adding value' to customers as your prior experience will already have seen you selling a solution. Developing business with integrity, you will be accustomed to ensuring customers are fully satisfied and will be able to illustrate a recent track-record of success in a similar role.

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We prefer MS Word format (.doc or .docx)

Being the largest recruitment company in print, packaging and paper we receive new vacancies on a daily basis. The software we use to "skill match" can "read" a word document but not a PDF. You will be considered for many more positions if your CV is in word format.

The following section is OPTIONAL however if you have the time it would help tremendously in us matching you to over 300 positions (the average number we have at any one time).