This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading independent electronics 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, development, and we want to talk to you!

We are looking for a competitive, ambitious and motivated salesperson to join our growing team. Our ideal candidate will be someone who is extremely driven and keen to step up and take ownership over your own success, who believes in performance rewards and exceeding sales goals and a passion for progression.

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?

The Strategic Account Manager will generate business through proactive contact with current and potential customers with the aim of developing a portfolio of active accounts. You will be responsible for:

Cultivate and maintain strong trusted relationships with sales prospects
Sell to a portfolio of key accounts
Assist in the implementation of global sales and purchasing strategies
Understand prospects’ business needs and personal responsibilities/goals
Source new sales opportunities via inbound lead follow-up, outbound cold calls and emails to build the sales pipeline

In addition to the above responsibilities, you will also be expected to:

Manage and facilitate own individual trading, including sales, sourcing, and throughput
Ensure customer requirements are accurately entered in Velocity's ERP system
Deliver on monthly outbound phone activity goals
Qualify valid business opportunities
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
Complete detailed records of all sales data regarding contracts, quotations, and other customer interactions and annotate all customer touches in Velocity's ERP system

WHAT WILL YOU BRING TO THE TEAM?

Our ideal candidate:

Smart and ambitious
Self-motivated, adaptable and resilient
Exceptional in their organizational skills – the ability to multi-task, prioritize, and manage time effectively
Strong phone presence
Comfort with high-activity call and email prospecting
Excellent verbal, presentation and written communications skills
Strong listening skills
Ability to present at a senior decision maker level
Is amazing
Demonstrates mutual respect and trust
Acts courageously
Owns outcomes / takes responsibility for own actions

This is an incredibly exciting opportunity to join an established, extremely successful business who 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 fantastic company - then please get in touch.

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