Sales Account Manager
Salary: -35,000 - -40,000 basic salary, plus uncapped performance-related bonus
Hours: Monday to Friday | 7:30am - 4:30pm
Other Benefits: Company laptop / Ongoing training and genuine career development / Supportive, high-performing sales environment
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Sales Account Manager to join a well-established and growing business, managing a large and varied portfolio of customers across Scotland.
This role is ideal for a commercially minded individual who thrives on building long-term relationships, enjoys being on the road and is confident managing a high volume of accounts with differing spend levels.
The Role
You''ll be responsible for managing and developing multiple accounts, working closely with customers to maximise sales opportunities and strengthen long-term partnerships. Spend per account will typically range from -1k10k, so you''ll need to be comfortable tailoring your approach to suit both smaller and higher-value clients.
This is a hybrid role, combining account management tasks with regular face-to-face client visits. National travel across Scotland is essential.
Your Customers
You''ll be working predominantly within the retail sector, supplying customers such as: Garden centres / Farm shops / Gift shops. There will also be scope to develop opportunities within the hotel and hospitality sector.
Key Responsibilities- Manage and grow a large portfolio of existing customer accounts
- Build strong, long-term relationships through regular contact and site visits
- Identify and develop new sales opportunities within existing accounts
- Conduct face-to-face meetings to understand customer needs and present tailored solutions
- Achieve and exceed monthly and quarterly sales targets
- Prepare and deliver sales proposals and presentations
- Maintain accurate CRM records and manage your sales pipeline effectively
- Monitor market trends and competitor activity to identify growth opportunities
- Work closely with internal teams to ensure exceptional customer service
- Proven experience in sales or account management, ideally within retail environments
- Experience in the food industry highly desirable
- Demonstrable experience managing multiple accounts simultaneously
- Confident handling a wide range of account values and customer types
- Strong communication, relationship-building and negotiation skills
- Target-driven and self-motivated, with excellent time management
- Comfortable with national travel across Scotland
- Full UK driving licence essential
This role offers a fantastic opportunity to take ownership of a broad account base, develop strong retail partnerships and be rewarded for delivering results.
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