Account Manager – Welding & Compressed Air Equipment
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary : £42000 – £45000/annum +12-15% Bonus
Account Manager – Welding & Compressed Air Equipment
Job Title: Account Manager – Welding & Compressed Air Equipment
Industry Sector: Automotive, Agricultural, Engineering, Construction, Compressed Air, Welding, Power Equipment, Woodworking, Heaters and Industrial Equipment
Areas to be covered: South East & Anglia – ideally based Northern Home Counties
Remuneration: £42,000-£45,000 + discretionary bonus (typically 12-15%)
Benefits: £400 car allowance or fully expensed car & benefits package
The role of the Account Manager – Welding & Compressed Air will involve:
* Field sales role, selling a manufactured and distributed range of high quality transformer based welding and compressed air equipment
* Responsible for wide portfolio of products (more than 1,300 products) including; welding and metalworking equipment, air compressors & air tools, battery charger starters & booster packs, automotive equipment, heaters, generators, pressure washers, water pumps, woodworking equipment etc.
* Selling into trade retail customers who then sell onto end users within automotive, agriculture, engineering or construction (some large end users and the top 10 branches of buying group members)
* Responsible for approx. 277 active spending accounts, typically turning over between £5,000-£20,000
* Circa £1m revenue responsibility, area currently performing slightly below budget
* 3-4 high quality customer visits per day, typically 4 days per week
* Predominantly an account management/ account development role (maximising existing relationships)
The ideal applicant will be an Account Manager – Welding & Compressed Air with:
* Proven track record of selling into trade retailers/ distributors with automotive, engineering, agricultural or construction sectors
* Specific product knowledge of; welding and metalworking equipment, air compressors & air tools, battery charger starters & booster packs, automotive equipment, heaters, generators, pressure washers, water pumps, woodworking equipment etc. is not essential as full product training will be provided
* Account management/ relationship building skills
* Ideally with a track record of growing established large account/ customers
* Willing to learn
* Tangible evidence of sales track record/ account development
The Company:
* Est. 50 years+
* 50+ employees
* Circa £17m turnover
* Privately held
If your experience matches the requirements above please do not hesitate to contact Mitchell Maguire on (phone number removed) or simply apply by forwarding us a copy of your CV. Whilst we will always endeavour to respond to you, due to the high levels of applications we receive this isn’t always possible. If you are not contacted within 5 working days, you have unfortunately not been shortlisted for this role.
Mitchell Maguire is a specialist Construction Field Sales Recruitment Consultancy, dealing exclusively with Construction Field Sales Jobs, Construction field sales vacancies and Specification field sales positions within: Automotive, Agricultural, Engineering, Construction, Compressed Air, Welding, Power Equipment, Woodworking, Heaters and Industrial Equipment
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