Account Manager – Bristol

Role: Account Manager – Bristol – 45 hours per week – 7.30am to 5:00pm Monday to Friday

About you:

Are you an outgoing individual with experience in sales? An exciting opportunity has arisen for an account manager to join our talented and high respected team at our Bristol Depot.

You will be responsible for securing new business and for maintaining and growing an agreed Portfolio of customers, identifying and developing profitable business opportunities and growth with select national clients within a defined geographical area. You will also be working within a national team with direction from the Regional Sales Manager and will liaise with the plant hire depots and other operational staff to optimize the service provided to customers nationwide.

Essential:

• Proven experience in sales and account management
• Strong knowledge of the Plant Hire/Construction industry
• Confident communicator with the ability to negotiate at varying levels
• Treats all contractors equitably and ethically
• Full driving license

Desirable:

• Highly motivated individual working on your own initiative and as part of a team
• Detail focused and organised with the ability to prioritise workload
• Financially and commercially driven with the enthusiasm and experience to maintain and grow new business
• Ability to identify and understand business opportunities, and to build long term relationships with customers
• A self-starter who can deliver results in changing environments, with excellent time management and organisational skills
• Customer focused
• Comfortable with the use of IT systems
• Builds and maintains strong working relationships both internally and externally with the ability to influence key stakeholders at all levels
• A flexible approach to working hours to suit the business needs

What benefits we provide:

• Competitive salary
• 22 days annual leave per annum plus statutory bank holidays
• Company pension scheme
• Free on-site parking
• Company sick pay scheme

About Ourselves:

We are a national family run business established in 1974 by Morris Leslie. Originally a plant sales company, over the past four decades we have diversified into other areas, many relating to the agricultural and construction sectors where we made our name.

Delivering first-class customer service is the constant focus of our Plant Hire team. That’s why we only hire out the best and youngest machines from our 15 depots around the UK. With an outstanding track record in supplying telehandlers, excavators, dumpers and rollers to the country’s construction, housebuilding and civil engineering sectors, we provide national coverage with local service.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Company pension
• On-site parking
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person