Account Manager - Midlands & North

Account Manager

Avnet Abacus is a pan-European distributor committed to supporting customers from design to fulfilment. Avnet Abacus' exceptional linecard features globally recognized manufacturers and an extensive product range that includes interconnect, passive, electromechanical, power supply, energy storage, wireless & sensor products and solutions. Avnet Abacus is a regional business unit of Avnet with European headquarters in Belgium (Avnet Europe Comm. VA).

Account Manager

Are you an account manager who still likes to go and win new business, or alternatively, are you a business developer who loves to sell but wants to look after those clients you win too.

If so, then this role combining account management and business development could be perfect for you.

This is very much a field sales role focused on business development and account management covering the Midlands and North. You will work on your own territory identifying opportunities for business expansion in support of the customer sales strategy and expanding on current customer engagement and developing new customers into the region across all sectors

What's in it for you?

Along with offering a competitive salary package, we also offer:

• A supportive team environment where everyone really is working toward the same goal.
• A strong open-door policy within management
• An environment where you will be given the tools and opportunities to further your career
• Pension scheme
• Private Medical cover
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays with option to buy additional holiday
• FREE Onsite Parking
• Flexible home working
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Reward schemes

The Ideal Person:

What you will be doing:

• Develop strong, strategic relationships with customers to identify and leverage the customers business goal and, growth strategies.
• Conduct regular business reviews with assigned accounts to track progress toward revenue and growth goals and owns execution of business plan.
• Maintain and monitors pipelines and metrics for assigned customers, performs analysis and identifies improvement opportunities.
• Perform critical customer analysis to identify and leverage the partner's marketing programs to achieve growth in their customer's solutions capability.
• Work closely with Field Application Engineers to identify opportunities for Design Wins.
• Support supplier's strategies by aligning solutions with customer to maximize profitable growth, and customer expansion.
• Work directly with suppliers to engage with new customers and target technologies.
• Deliver territory forecasting and sales development plans.
• Provide information to customers on products and services.

What we are looking for:

• Relevant experience in technical sales and / or business development, ideally within the electronic or component distribution market.
• Strong analytical, communication and negotiation skills.
• Open minded, flexible, and energetic.
• Proven commercial and technical skills.
• Demonstrate ability to achieve targets and meet deadlines.
• Time management skills.

Avnet is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.