Key Account Sales Manager

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Quality Personnel Full time

Quality personnel are currently looking for Key Account Sales Manager who will be maximising new customer acquisitions set up of new print on-demand titles from publishers with a particular focus on medium and large size accounts.

The successful applicant will also be responsible for managing existing accounts and presenting other services to publishers.

The successful applicant would ideally have previous experience in publishing and print.

Role specification;

  • Manage a portfolio of customers in order to maximise their value in terms of number of titles submitted and live, units ordered and cash value of orders placed as agreed in sales budget and forecasts.
  • Make cold calls and presentations to target leads and manage the sales process to account opening and signed contracts.
  • Attend trade events associate with assigned territories.
  • Negotiate pricing and contracts with reference to the Deal Forms process as appropriate
  • Maximise revenue and inventory opportunities through proactive selling of digital services and development of longer term partner relationships. Identify and align digital products & services for appropriate publishing partners to maximise sales of publisher content through Ingram.
  • Understand and be able to demonstrate the key digital products and services of relevance to the territories and markets assigned. Understand and be able to converse fluently on the emerging digital marketplace.
  • Participate in planning and implementation with publishers through to contract signature stage, following agreed protocols for contract negotiation. Engage with relevant business units in the development of project execution and implementation planning post contract signature.
  • Regularly report on activities and completed sales across the range of solutions.
  • Provide regular customer, competitor and market feedback to management as required
  • To be responsible for your own Health and Safety and be aware of factors affecting your colleagues in order to maintain a safe environment.
  • To report any accidents, potential hazards to your Line Manager immediately.

The successful candidate;

  • Proven track record in previous sales role
  • Knowledge of the book industry
  • Knowledge of principles and methods for promoting and selling products or services
  • Requires sales focused and customer centric approach.
  • Flexible and proactive
  • Must possess effective oral and written communication skills and be computer literate.
  • Must be able to manage workload by establishing priorities; be detail-oriented; and possess the ability to operate successfully within a fast-paced environment.
  • A flexible approach to work, hours and be adaptable to change are critical attributes.
  • Adherence to deadlines and meeting key deliverables.
  • Interpersonal skills / Influencing / negotiation skills
  • Critical thinking, analytical, time management and organisational skills
  • Ability to work in a team and to develop constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintain them over time
  • Ability to exercise effective judgment, sensitivity, creativity to changing needs and situations
  • Ability to receive and give information in a courteous manner over the telephone, via electronic communication or in person
  • Ability to engage in active listening with coworkers, management and clients/customers
  • Ability to apply new knowledge, technology and procedure to job responsibilities
  • Ability to meet and maintain performance objectives (standards)
  • Personal computing skills to include MS office (Excel, Word, Outlook)
  • Experience in using CRM for sales forecasting, reporting and pipeline management

Quality Personnel acting as an Employment Agency & Business (rated as one of the top 3 Agencies in Milton Keynes for the 4th year running).

Please note due to volume of applications you will only be contacted if we are progressing your application.

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