UK- Mgr, Nat'l Account in Wednesbury

Built to Make You Better. As you already know we are all about supporting your personal and professional development as well as helping you along the way with your career journey, that’s why we can’t think of anyone better to fill our open vacancies.

Whether your career path is vertical or squiggly we’d love to support your progression internally and watch you grow.

As a National Account Manager, you will form part of our National Accounts team and you will play an integral part in our sales operation. Effectively protect and grow our larger accounts by adopting a partnership approach to sales. You will deliver exceptional account management to our complex customers, ensuring long-term success and growth. Join us and play a pivotal role in the implementation of new contract wins. Coordination and collaboration are paramount in this area as we work to onboard and realise spending as quickly as possible, whilst managing stakeholder pressures both internally and externally.

Must have relevant experience selling engineering and industrial consumables into engineering and manufacturing sectors.

What’s in it for me? With MSC you’ll have the autonomy to shape your role and develop your career with us. We believe in continuous growth, which is why you will have constant access to coaching, mentoring and an environment where personal and professional development and success are celebrated. Love discounts? You'll love it even more with our discounts and rewards site, which covers all the most popular brands. Whether it’s a breakaway, cashback on essentials or shopping for a special occasion, we’ve got you covered. On top of this, we give you 25 days of holiday entitlement + Bank Holidays + paid birthday leave. A company pension scheme matched up to 10% of your annual salary. Life insurance, which is 6x annual salary, plus, a discounted health cash plan and private medical insurance to support you with whatever life throws at you.

As a National Account Manager, you will work directly with our larger customers, you will see how your interactions contribute to their business objectives and you will partner with them to help achieve their ambitions. We truly value our customers and your customer-centric approach will continue to exceed their expectations, making us their supplier of choice. By demonstrating customer focus and the ability to naturally build relationships, our customers will turn to you to help them grow their business, so your people skills will enable you to genuinely connect with our customers with a view of providing solutions to any problems.

Dealing with our larger and more complex accounts can present a variety of situations. You’ll need to display exceptional flexibility to maintain and develop confidence in MSC as their supplier of choice. Your expertise and knowledge will allow you to adapt to the different situations that arise, and you’ll be confident that you can always position MSC as a vehicle to enable growth for our customers. Communicate effectively in your new role, utilising all channels of communication available to you. In addition, you’ll be able to tailor your communication approach depending on your stakeholder, demonstrating an awareness of adapting to your audience.

Coordinate the resource of support functions around the business which requires great communication and leadership. We value collaboration here at MSC. We see the benefits of working together to achieve our goals. Our ambitious growth plans are driven by our ability to work shoulder-to-shoulder with each other. You’ll demonstrate teamwork and collaboration to build a network to drive change and results with both external and internal customers. Work at pace, but with discipline. You will be comfortable leading internal working groups and forums to ensure the delivery of excellence to customers. Challenging situations require strong leadership, so someone with the confidence to do what is right for the business will be successful at MSC.

Self-awareness; knowing yourself as well as understanding your impact on others or the environment around you will help you build strong relationships and ensure teams around you fully support the delivery of your growth plans. Join the team with a fresh perspective and you can make a real impact by asking questions about the way we do things. You will help us to continuously improve our business and we will value and consider everything that you say. Finally, you will need to be someone who can drive results. We hold ourselves to a high standard and this standard is crucial to the ongoing success of our business.

We trust that our people will be able to teach you the role-specific skills, but for you to truly succeed at MSC you will embody our values and these significantly important attributes; ones that MSC believes embody talent within our business.

• Connections: Your interpersonal skills; how well you manage relationships, and how rewarding you are to deal with.
• Thinking: The abilities you draw upon to solve problems, learn and be agile.
• Creativity: How adept you are at creating solutions and working with change.
• Drive: Your level of ambition. The pace, energy, and enthusiasm applied to activities.

Ultimately, we identify talent in people who can demonstrate our values and the behaviours required to thrive in our business. So, if you can operate effectively in a team, demonstrate customer-centricity, and are eager to make a difference then we would love to hear from you - apply today!

Why MSC? The journey to the best version of yourself starts with us. If you’re searching for an employer that will enable you to learn, grow and make a difference, you’ve found it. You will feel a sense of purpose and belonging as we allow our people to have a voice and the opportunity to make a genuine impact. We have created a psychologically safe and inclusive environment where we treat our associates as adults and give them autonomy to make decisions, take risks and learn from mistakes. You will be encouraged to challenge the norm, make decisions and take ownership to make changes, enabling you to significantly contribute towards our business success. Our people-centric culture will encourage you to continuously develop, both professionally and personally. From our culture to our forward-thinking leadership, you’ll soon realise that you have an incredible opportunity here to be your best self. Whether your career path is vertical or squiggly we’d love to watch you grow and reach your full potential with us.