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Account Manager
£31,000pa plus £4,000 Car Allowance
Hybrid/Aylesford, Kent

KCS Education are looking for an enthusiastic Account Manager to drive their future growth by owning and growing a portfolio of customer accounts in the Education sector.

As this is a target driven role, the successful candidate will need to be tenacious and have the ability to win new business and an understanding of the customer sales cycle.

In return we will offer you

25 days holiday, plus bank holidays!

Never work a birthday again! You receive an extra day off for it to enjoy however you wish!

Generous discount scheme, including gym and retail.

Life assurance cover

Health cash plan initiative

A culture of progression and development

Plus many more perks
Key duties –

Manage, grow and own a portfolio of Educational Establishments involving a mixture of sales visits and calls to customers across the South East

Actively promote products and services to increase revenue sales and seek opportunities

Negotiate with customers on their full product portfolio to grow the adoption of more product ranges

Use and update company IT systems such as our ZOHO CRM with accurate data entry to include activity logging, customer information and quotations

Able to deal with requests from our customer base with ownership. To include liaising with internal departments and colleagues
What we need from you

Proven Account Management experience is essential, winning new business both in person and remotely

Previous experience working with a wide range of products and services in a volume-activity business

Able to confidently to work and travel independently

Able to negotiate, deliver benefit statements and demonstrate best value to customers

Able to effectively ask questions to understand and assess customer needs in order to deliver solutions
About KCS Education

KCS Education are experts in sourcing, managing and creating the products and services required to run schools, nurseries or public sector organisations across the UK.

They are committed to delivering outstanding customer service, with a team of over 100 specialists who work with their customers from finding the right products, answering product queries to arranging special deliveries and providing general product advice and support.

About Commercial Services Group

Commercial Services Group (CSG) is the largest, local authority-owned trading company (LATCO) in the UK, wholly owned by Kent County Council. CSG generates over £800m in revenue per annum and provides services to over 16,000 education and public sector customers globally.

CSG is striving to be recognised as the global leader in Education and Public Sector services, currently operating in 86 countries, with 1,800 staff across 28 trading brands, providing expertise ranging from: HR Services, IT Services, Energy, Education Resources, Procurement and many more