Account Manager

Job Description

A successful raw material and chemical distributor is looking to add your talent to their sales team.

If you are a driven, self-motivated salesperson and have chemical / ingredient experience within the UK looking to join a forward-thinking team please apply below.
Ideal Candidate:
– Personal Care / Home care chemical sales experience
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Responsibilities:
Responsibility for achieving turnover and profitability budgets, as agreed with the UK Life Sciences Team Leader for the agreed geographical area.
• Provide regular customer forecasts and variations in demand
• To identify and report on variances to budget to the UK Life Sciences Team Leader
• To make recommendations to the UK Life Sciences Team Leader for corrective action for underperformance to budget
• Accountability for running the day-to-day commercial business in a manner which maintains the high standards of service, already established by the company working closely with the customer services department.
• Process sample requests and coordinate with support staff prompt and efficient follow up
• Responsibility for optimising profit in the prevailing market conditions and increasing profit on an on-going basis
• The decision on significantly reducing the profit level of a section of business, for whatever reason, remains with the UK Life Sciences Team Leader
• Involvement in submitting to the Finance department their opinions of credit levels of their customers
• Responsibility for preparing a sales area plan to ensure that customers are regularly visited and contacted to ensure full market coverage in the most cost efficient manner