Account Management Lead
5 days ago
Lakenham
Account Management Lead \n£45,000 - £65,000 + Bonus \n Full-time | Office-based\n Hours: 7:30am - 4:30pm\n\nA long-established, third-generation manufacturing business is entering a major growth cycle and is looking for a high-impact Sales Manager to elevate performance, drive sales tempo, and unlock further growth across a high-value contractor base. \n\nThe Opportunity\n\nYou'll take ownership of a fast-paced account management function, leading two experienced Account Managers while also managing your own portfolio of contractor accounts. You'll set the daily rhythm on the sales floor — balancing personal delivery with driving team performance — ensuring consistent conversion, proactive follow-up, and structured pipeline management.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\n• Lead, coach, and performance-manage two Account Managers, driving daily activity levels and conversion.\n • Maintain high call rates personally and across the team — setting pace and expectation.\n • Manage your own bank of accounts, delivering strong contact strategy, follow-up, and revenue outcomes.\n • Drive account growth through disciplined outreach, structured follow-up, and proactive pipeline management.\n • Run and own the performance dashboard — tracking KPIs, enquiry levels, targets, and follow-through.\n • Hold the team to account via regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and activity-quality monitoring.\n • Ensure tight pipeline visibility, forecasting accuracy, and strong responsiveness to inbound opportunities.\n • Provide insight-led reporting to the Head of Sales and contribute to continuous performance improvement.\n\nAbout You\n\nYou bring a sales-first mindset and naturally step into a leadership rhythm. You're energised by activity, thrive in a performance-led environment, and know how to turn warm contractor relationships into repeat revenue.\n\nWe're looking for someone who is:\n • High energy, proactive, and confident setting the pace for the team\n • Comfortable maintaining high call volumes and driving disciplined follow-up\n • A proven closer with strong conversion outcomes\n • Commercially sharp with strong instinct for buying behaviours\n • Structured, organised, and committed to keeping the pipeline tight\n • Strong at holding people accountable and driving consistent performance\n • Resilient, competitive, and growth-focused\n • Humble, hungry, smart — and motivated by scaling something meaningful\n\nWhat's on Offer\n\n• £45,000-£65,000 base salary + bonus \n • A warm, established contractor base with strong recurring potential\n • Opportunity to play a pivotal role in a scaling commercial operation