Account Manager
- Location:
- Oxford jobs
,
Oxfordshire jobs
- Salary:
- up to £35,000
- Company:
- Allen Associates (Oxford) Ltd.
- Job type:
- Permanent jobs
- Date posted:
- 06/11/2009 13:48
- Job id:
- 45878559
- Contact:
- Katy Miles
- Ref:
- Totaljobs/6536
We are currently recruiting for an Account Manager on behalf of our client, a leading Oxford-based consultancy within the pharmaceutical industry.They are looking for someone to join their busy team and take responsibility for the business development of a suite of products, including selling to Japanese/Asian speaking territories.
Key responsibilities of the role will include:
- Generating new business via telephone and/or face to face meetings and conference attendance;
- Targeting new business and existing accounts that will generate high-value revenues;
- Ensuring customers have knowledge of new product features and upgrades;
- Maintaining and updating in-house CRM systems accurately and consistently;
- Initiate and build relationships with prospects, clients and industry opinion leaders via telephone and/or face to face meetings.
This is a small selection of a wide and varied range of responsibilities, making this a challenging and interesting opportunity.The ideal candidate will possess excellent sales, negotiation and closing skills, as well as superb communications skills.Strong inter-personal skills are essential, and you will possess drive and initiative.
Due to the markets this role would be servicing, some experience of Japanese/Asian languages would be desirable, both written and verbal.However, this is not absolutely essential.Knowledge of deals and alliances in the pharmaceutical industry would also be desirable, along with an awareness of web technologies.
The salary on offer for this role is up to £35,000 for a candidate who is an exact fit to the job specification.There will also be commission on top of base salary, plus good company benefits.
If you are keen to apply, please email us your CV and covering letter.
