Position: Sales Account Manager – Engineering Location: St. Neots Salary: 31,000 – 35,000 + Bonus
Sales Account Manager required to join a well-established Engineering company that is based in the St Neots area. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing, expanding, and identifying new and existing sales opportunities. Increasing and securing sales, whilst ensuring that customer orders are successfully, and efficiently completed.
Sales Account Manager Job Overview
- Manage a portfolio of key business customers
- Build relationships with procurement teams, engineers, and project managers via regular contact including both in on-site and off-site visits
- Review and respond to RFQs (drawings, specifications, volumes, tolerances)
- Liaise with commercial and production teams (internal & external) to prepare accurate quotations
- Identify opportunities for repeat business, upselling, and long-term agreements
- Develop sector / account plans aligned to company growth targets
- Negotiate pricing, lead times, and terms with customers
- Monitor contract performance (OTD, quality, margin)
- Work closely with commercial, production, quality, and planning teams
- Ensure clear communication of customer requirements and priorities
- Maintain accurate pipeline and account data in current / future CRM systems
- Provide sales forecasts and pipeline updates against agreed sales targets
Sales Account Manager Job Requirements
- Must have at least 2 years’ experience within an Account Manager, Business Development Manager or similar position.
- Ability to read Engineer Drawings
- To be dynamic and tenacious without being aggressive.
- To be results-driven, proactive and self-motivated.
- To be positive with a can-do attitude.
- To be a team player, working with colleagues to delivery the best customer experience.
- A real desire to reach and smash targets.
Sales Account Manager Salary & Benefits
- Full time – Permanent position
- Salary – 31,000 – 35,000 depending on experience
- Quarterly bonus
- Company pension
- Private Health Insurance – includes dental, optical and on-line GP services
- 25 days annual leave, plus additional service leave
- Cycle to work scheme
- Pension
Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries.
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