Account Manager

Account Manager
Permanent
Sidcup, Kent
£30,000 - £40,000 basic + commission

We are current recruiting for an Account Manager to join a leading IT Solutions provider.
Your role as Account Manager will be to manage a profitable and sustainable client base and maintain the client as a trusted IT Managed Services provider.

- Winning and securing new business through your portfolio of existing clients
- Upselling services & products
- Retention of client accounts
- Developing long-term trusted relationships with clients
- Preparing client proposals and report documents
- Account Managing existing and new clients to ensure services required are delivered both face to face and over the phone
- Integration with technical departments – being a central point of contact for queries, new business, ongoing contracts etc.
- Achieving individual and team goals
- Arranging meetings with clients, presentations and proposals as required for continuance of existing and winning new business
- Negotiation of contracts, services and new business.
- Using your sales and marketing skills to influence decisions, in an ethical and professional manner
- Providing value added service, ensuring the absolute highest of standards at all times

Experience and skills required:
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience of working within a sales or account management role – ideally within n IT or Technical sector
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Can work on own initiative.
- Strong sales skills.
- Strong collaboration skills.
- Excellent negotiation & persuasion skills.
- High-quality networking skills.
- Strong resilience.
- Strong commercial acumen.
- High competency with Microsoft Office and CRM software.
- Owns and drives a car.