Account Executive

Colchester , United Kingdom

A successful and well-established family-run Educational Supplies business is seeking an Account Executive to join their team at their newly renovated Colchester HQ.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a leading organisation in the Educational Supplies sector, operating at the forefront of the industry for over 50 years. With ambitious growth plans across the South of England, this role offers excellent career progression opportunities and a supportive environment to help you succeed.

The Role

As Account Executive, your focus will be on new business development and relationship management. You will engage with schools to onboard them as clients, with an emphasis on achieving sales targets, expanding the customer base, and delivering exceptional customer service through proactive engagement.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Proactively sourcing new business within your dedicated sales territory.
  • Building and maintaining strong accounts and relationships to ensure long-term partnerships.
  • Selling a comprehensive range of products to meet customer needs.
  • Providing excellent customer service and creating rapport with clients.

Requirements

  • Experience in a fast-paced, target-driven sales environment.
  • Strong prospecting, negotiation, and closing skills.
  • A highly motivated, target-oriented mindset with strong business acumen.
  • The ability to self-generate new business, as well as maintain and grow existing accounts.
  • Excellent communication skills to build rapport and trust over the telephone.
  • The capability to work independently while managing multiple accounts.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary of £35,000, dependent on experience.
  • Generous commission plan with potential earnings of up to £20,000.
  • A structured Sales Induction Programme to ensure you are set up for success.
  • Career progression opportunities, with potential for roles such as Business Development Manager or Key Account Manager.
  • Ongoing coaching and support from internal and external sources, including free access to LinkedIn Learning.

 

Universal Business Team (“UBT”) is a global enterprise spanning 19 countries across the United Kingdom, Europe, North America, Central America and Australasia. UBT, headquartered in Sydney, Australia, is a diversified business consultancy that supports clients with business-advisory and group-buying services with the objective to help businesses develop a competitive edge. UBT was launched in 2009 in response to the Global Financial Crisis to support client organisations that were either in distress or looking to improve their competitiveness and financial performance. Currently, UBT turns over $500M (AUD) and has aspirations for significant growth over the next three to five years. A recent decision was made to bring four separate global regions together under the one global brand and leadership team. UBT’s business advisory services comprise corporate training, consulting, recruitment, accounting, and group buying services. UBT facilitates leadership and business excellence for our client’s in their respective industries. Through the group buying function, UBT nurtures mutually-beneficial relationships between member businesses and world-leading providers of business goods and services. The outcome to which we strive is a “win-win” for small-to-medium enterprises and big business alike. UBT provides services and products to approximately 3,000 independent, family-owned businesses globally with combined annual revenues exceeding $12B (AUD). The majority are small to medium sized enterprises with typical annual revenue ranges between $5m-$20m. However, there are also some larger businesses with annual revenues in the range of $100m-$250m. The unifying feature of all UBT’s clients is that the owners are parishioners of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (PBCC). UBT (which is owned by the PBCC) supports clients by providing products, services and support designed to increase their profitability and growth. The after-tax profits generated by UBT are reinvested into community initiatives, predominantly through schools (established to educate the children of Brethren families) and charities, such as the Rapid Relief Team (“RRT”) and the Red Cross. UBT Recruitment are an Equal Opportunities Employer. We will apply a rigorous, objective selection process using non-discriminatory criteria, as far as possible on behalf of all the businesses we recruit for.To view our policy in full please contact [email protected]

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