* Market leading brand at the forefront of robotic grass cutting
* Work with golf courses and sports grounds
* Join a high performing team in a global business with great career opportunities
The Role of Key Accounts Manager:
* £41,000 plus 15% bonus, hybrid car and extensive benefits
* Area: Surrey, Sussex, Berkshire, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Bristol.
* You will work from home with responsibility for the Southern area as one of a team of 4 Key Account Managers covering the UK.
* Your customers will include professional sports grounds, golf courses, and school grounds – meeting with the people who make the decisions about the machines that are used to produce the surfaces they need.
This Will Require You To:
* Relationship building with key professional accounts (golf courses, sports clubs)
* Understand needs, conduct site surveys and present appropriate product solutions
* Set up demonstrations and trials.
* Negotiate terms and close sales
* Work with appointed dealers to provide training and manage sales processes
* Communicate internally with all departments
* Extensive travel within your area with some overnight stays
* International travel might be required for training purposes
* You will enjoy the backing of a major product manufacturer and work within a European sales team that is focused on market leadership.
Candidate profile: Key Accounts Manager
We are looking for an experienced field sales professional with experience of or a passion for garden machinery, grounds care, greenkeeping, agriculture, turf maintenance or technology.
The additional qualities we seek are:
* At least 5 years of field sales experience
* Self motivated with a proven ability to work remotely
* Outstanding communication and relationship building skills
* Numerate, articulate and IT literate
* Able to present confidently to groups
* A tenacious and results focused attitude to business
The Company:
* This is a fantastic opportunity to join a world leading manufacturing business with a reputation for product innovation and quality that reaches customers in over 100 countries.
* This is a specialist role, focused on the sale of leading edge grass care equipment to professional buyers in sports grounds, golf courses and similar end-user situations.
The Rewards:
* This role offers a basic salary to £41,000 plus a performance-based bonus (15%), hybrid company car, matched pension contribution to 8% of salary, private health insurance, life assurance and 25 days paid holiday plus all the equipment and support required to be field based.
Contact:
Nick Hester
Reference: NH/96343
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