Account Manager
Permanent
Preston, Lancashire.
Salary - £28-32K per annum
Hours: Monday - Friday - 8.30 - 17.00 office-based role with flexible starting hours.
Client Profile:
Our client is a leading manufacturer and supplier within the automotive sector. They are looking to add an Account Manager to work in their offices based in Preston.
Responsibilities:
ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT
Customers/agent communications
Setting up new customers price lists + New customer welcome pack
Providing customer quotation regularly + Updating and Maintaining Customer Price Lists
Back orders follow ups and updates
PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
Competitor Market Price info research/Data gathering
Cross referencing
Promoting new product range
REPORTS & ANALYSIS SUPPORT to SALES TEAM
Sales reports
Sales figures analysis
Cost/Price reduction requests
Gross Margin report analysis
Analysing product movement
Product forecast
Annual budget preparation
Answering any Directors’ queries
ADMIN/ CUSTOMER SERVICE
Raising orders for both UK and European customers in a timely manner
Dealing with customer enquiries by email and phone
Dealing with any queries from sales managers.
Main point of contact for customer service issues
Arranging transportation for UK and European customer orders.
Issuing documentation for transportation.
Document Filing/Archiving
General office duties such as answering the phone and other duties assigned by the management
Personal Specification:
The successful candidate for the role of Account Manager must have the following:
· Account Management experience
· Great Attention to detail
· Good with Excel (Pivot Table & VLOOKUP)
· Any experience within exports is desirable but not essential
· Any European Language skills a bonus but not required (e.g. German or French or Polish or Italian or Spanish etc)