Audio Visual & Technology Channel Sales Account Manager in Stratford

This is a great career opportunity for a successful and experienced Audio Visual Channel Salesperson, who is able to manage Key Channel accounts and develop business within new and existing accounts, to work for a successful distribution company and who is looking to grow their career with a leading technology distributor.

You will be responsible for managing accounts and identifying new sales opportunities and driving growth across the business, whilst working closely with other key organisational stakeholders. You will be required to grow the Audio Visual technology business by way of creating strategies and developing tactical plans via reseller channel partners to ensure revenue is met and targets are profitable.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Developing and implementing the long term business strategy through agreed sales channels to achieve sales and exceed targets.
• Ongoing Business Development.
• Proactive in leverage of partnerships, both new and existing.
• Suggest ongoing improvements for account performance and consider marketing and/or creative ideas whilst using budget funds effectively.
• Contribution towards accurate sales revenue forecasting and presenting activity and performance results at sales meetings.
• Collating competitor analysis and providing feedback.
• Ongoing personal development of industry and product knowledge to ensure a consistently high level of representation within the account and prospect bases.
• Working with peers within the audio visual solutions team and other departments within the company to ensure ongoing growth and success of the company whilst contributing any ideas or knowledge.
• Work with product management to ensure the floor has compelling offers to call out on and be followed up appropriately.
• Work with the team to create strategic account plans for your accounts.

This is an office based role with some flexibility for hybrid once you are established as part of the team. The company are based in Glos. Salary is very competitive and negotiable plus uncapped commission and a great benefits package. (Most account managers are doubling their salary due to the high % of commission paid).

Your skills and experience:

The successful candidate will have a strong track record in the Audio Visual marketplace, ideally with a distributor. You will be able to manage key accounts and develop new business. You will have a minimum of 2 years business to business sales experience within the Audio Visual channel. With a proven sales and account management track record, you will have ideally have experience of selling to resellers and system integrators but consideration will be given to a hungry salesperson who understands the market and can make an impact. You will be already achieving and exceeding sales targets. You will be computer literate and have excellent presentation and communication skills and be able to communicate at all levels. A self-motivated relationship builder with the ability to win trust and respect from your clients, you will have excellent business development skills for both new and existing accounts and be a creative problem solver.

Key skills:

• A successful account manager and business developer
• Excellent communicator- both verbally and written
• Charismatic
• Self-motivated and ambitious
• Technically adept in selling benefits not features
• Keeping up to date with new technology.

The Organisation Our client is committed to offering true value to their reseller customers throughout the UK and are a breath of fresh air in the Audio Visual distribution marketplace. They offer an exciting career opportunity for the right person with the right skills to make a difference- for you, their customers and the company itself.