Strategic Account Manager

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This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading independent electronic components distributor to the world's leading contract manufacturers and OEMs. Built around the shared core values of Being amazing today, Demonstrating mutual respect and trust, Acting courageously and Owning our own outcomes, Velocity Electronics has experienced rapid growth and is looking to add to our talented global team. Our opportunity is massive! We offer career growth and development, and we want to talk to you!

Position Overview

The Strategic Account Manager works with a portfolio of key customer accounts to facilitate sustainable, long-term business.

Area(s) of Responsibility

• Develop a portfolio of key accounts
• Cultivate and maintain strategic customer relationships
• Implementation of sales and purchasing strategies to customers

Essential Functions

• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the structure, culture, and needs of key customers
• Consistently deliver on monthly and quarterly gross profit sales goals
• Represent and communicate Velocity’s culture, values and value proposition
• Provide immediate and reliable solutions to customer needs
• Create and present periodic reports detailing customer interactions and sales/gross profit totals
• Deliver profitable growth to the company

Our ideal candidate:

• Competitive
• Ambitious
• Ability to build rapport
• Self-motivated
• Attention to detail
• Problem solver
• Emotional control
• Persistent
• Grit
• High Endurance
• Creative
• Entrepreneurial  
• Is Amazing
• Acts courageously
• Demonstrate mutual respect and trust
• Owns own outcomes

This is a full-time position, based in our Stevenage office

Office hours 8:00am - 5:00pm.

This is an incredibly exciting opportunity to join an established, extremely successful business that can offer fantastic levels of personal development and remuneration. If you are a self-starter, commercially astute, well-presented, full of ideas and boundless energy combined with excellent communication skills, and want to be part of a growing, global company - apply now.