Details:
- Salary: £32,000 - 36,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: LE2 Aylestone City of Leicester
- Date: 2 weeks ago
Description:
Due to new programme awards and continued growth, a sector leading manufacturer of advanced electronic products to the high technology sectors has a new vacancy for an Account Manager to join the team. You will be responsible for building and maintaining strong relationships with customers ensuring their needs are met, identifying new commercial opportunities and driving revenue growth.
The Role
Manage a portfolio of key accounts, building and maintaining strong customer relationships.
Act as the primary point of contact for enquiries, ensuring a responsive, professional, and solutions-focused customer experience.
Lead the end-to-end sales process, managing the full Request for Quotation (RFQ) lifecycle.
Identify and develop new sales opportunities within existing and prospective customer accounts.
Work closely with engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, and finance teams as needed to prepare customer proposals, quotations, and bid responses.
Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across sales, quotation, and customer service processes.
Attend customer business reviews, site visits and industry events.
Develop a thorough understanding of products and solutions offered.
Negotiate with customers on new order enquiries.
Generate progress reports for clients and senior leaders within the organization.
The Person
Commercially aware with experience in a customer facing role.
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
Strong customer service ethos.
An interest in the industrial sectors would be preferable (aerospace, automotive, defence, high technology)
Computer literate with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel