Key Account Sales Manager
| Posting date: | 17 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | £43,000 to £45,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Company Car, Pension |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 May 2026 |
| Location: | Sowton, South West, EX2 7HF |
| Company: | Meridian Business Support |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 59717812 |
Summary
Key Account Sales Manager
The Opportunity:
Are you a pro-active Internal Sales or Key Account Manager with a technical background and desire to meet with your customers face to face from time to time? This role is the perfect combination: 60% key account management, 40% pro-active new business development. You will be required to travel to see UK customers about once a month, and potentially visit those in Europe once every three months. It’s a really lovely job! It would ideally suit somebody who’s worked in a mechanical engineering environment, possibly automotive, aerospace or industrial engineering.
The Role:
- To develop, manage and grow existing key customer accounts whilst seeking out new business opportunities.
- To lead a structured sales process, including qualifying leads, quoting, negotiating and converting; ensuring consistent and profitable business growth.
- Be the primary point of contact for existing customers, coordinating their requirements internally whilst maintaining strong customer service with accurate data and timely responses.
- Provide and support the preparation of accurate sales forecasts/ trends for monthly, quarterly and annual analysis by business stakeholders.
- Ensure technical competence with the ability to understand customers technical requirements in a mechanical engineering environment, and translate them into commercial proposals.
Preferred Skills:
- Minimum 4 years Sales or Key Account Management experience within a manufacturing / engineering / technical environment.
- This position requires UK travel approximately once a month, and European travel about every 3 months, therefore a full driving license is required as a company car is provided.
- Strong understanding of end-to-end sales processes and their link to wider business operations.
- Strong commercial acumen, resilient with a proactive mindset.
- Proven customer relationship management experience.
- Demonstrable presentation, negotiation and influencing skills.
- The ideal candidate will have a successful and demonstrable track record of managing, developing and growing business opportunities.
Working Hours:
Hours 8.30-5.30 M-F with a 3pm finish on a Friday
Associated Benefits:
Company Car provided.
Company Pension
Staff canteen on site
Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.
The Opportunity:
Are you a pro-active Internal Sales or Key Account Manager with a technical background and desire to meet with your customers face to face from time to time? This role is the perfect combination: 60% key account management, 40% pro-active new business development. You will be required to travel to see UK customers about once a month, and potentially visit those in Europe once every three months. It’s a really lovely job! It would ideally suit somebody who’s worked in a mechanical engineering environment, possibly automotive, aerospace or industrial engineering.
The Role:
- To develop, manage and grow existing key customer accounts whilst seeking out new business opportunities.
- To lead a structured sales process, including qualifying leads, quoting, negotiating and converting; ensuring consistent and profitable business growth.
- Be the primary point of contact for existing customers, coordinating their requirements internally whilst maintaining strong customer service with accurate data and timely responses.
- Provide and support the preparation of accurate sales forecasts/ trends for monthly, quarterly and annual analysis by business stakeholders.
- Ensure technical competence with the ability to understand customers technical requirements in a mechanical engineering environment, and translate them into commercial proposals.
Preferred Skills:
- Minimum 4 years Sales or Key Account Management experience within a manufacturing / engineering / technical environment.
- This position requires UK travel approximately once a month, and European travel about every 3 months, therefore a full driving license is required as a company car is provided.
- Strong understanding of end-to-end sales processes and their link to wider business operations.
- Strong commercial acumen, resilient with a proactive mindset.
- Proven customer relationship management experience.
- Demonstrable presentation, negotiation and influencing skills.
- The ideal candidate will have a successful and demonstrable track record of managing, developing and growing business opportunities.
Working Hours:
Hours 8.30-5.30 M-F with a 3pm finish on a Friday
Associated Benefits:
Company Car provided.
Company Pension
Staff canteen on site
Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.
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