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Account Manager- Various UK Locations - Flexible Working Available

Employer
Hilti
Location
Nationwide
Salary
£Competitive
Closing date
13 Mar 2020

Job Details

What's the role?

We’re looking for Account Managers to join our technical sales team in the UK. But this is no ordinary sales job, as ours is a uniquely high-performing and supportive working culture. We are open to applications from around the country but we have immediate vacancies in:

• London & surrounding areas
• Kent
• Yorkshire
• Nottingham
• Cornwall
• Cardiff

If you are interested in working in a different location, you may be placed in our talent pool until a suitable role is available. These roles are open to both experienced candidates and recent graduates.

You will have the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s biggest construction projects whilst at the same time receiving world-class training and development to take your career to the next level.

Who is Hilti?

Unless you work in construction, you probably haven’t heard of us. We’re a hidden gem.
We provide leading-edge tools, technologies, software and services for the professional construction sector. Our customers are loyal and enthusiastic about us. So are our people.

We regularly win Great Place to Work awards globally and have been on the Times Top 100 Best Companies to Work For list in the UK for the past 13 years – we are proud to have been voted #35 in 2019.

Hilti offers the best of both worlds – friendly teams locally and roles across the UK combined with the opportunities only a company of 30,000 people spread across 120 countries can bring.

What does the role involve?

As an account manager, no two days are the same but you’ll spend most of your time visiting our customers, wherever they’re busy working, to find out how we can help them. You could find yourself on construction sites or in offices and warehouses. You need to be happy to get your hands dirty but also be able to adapt your approach to the customer in front of you – it could be a senior management team one day and a sole trader the next.

Ours is a model of professional consultative selling, and it’s a really hands-on job. It means rolling up your sleeves to demonstrate some of the most pioneering products in the industry, along with all the services and after-care that come with the Hilti name. Far from traditional cold calling, it’s about nurturing relationships and developing contacts on site with warm customers and helping them find the most innovative and cost-efficient solutions for their needs.

You’ll be managing your own time – your van is your office and you’ll be responsible for setting your own diary to ensure you’re visiting your customers when they need you so you need to be a self-starter who is comfortable working autonomously. You’ll have a supportive team at the other end of the phone but you’ll be working by yourself on the whole, so you need to be comfortable with building relationships remotely and motivating yourself.

93% of our people say they’re proud to work for Hilti, thanks to the quality of our products and the way we look after our people.

What do we offer?

We really value our people and we’ve worked hard to develop a competitive reward package that reflects this. Some of the benefits we offer include:

Genuine career advancement (more than 80% of all leadership roles are filled internally)
Competitive salary and above-average performance bonus
6% employer pension contributions
Private Health Insurance and Employee Assistance Programme
Hilti van with fuel card
33 days’ holiday (inc. Bank Holidays) plus the ability to purchase 5 days more annually
Paid leave to work on charitable projects
Hilti Benefits Box, a reward platform offering shopping and lifestyle discounts/cashback

Why should you apply?

We have an excellent mix of people and some of our best account managers joined us with no experience. So, if you’ve never worked in sales or construction, that’s fine with us. Success at Hilti is down to teamwork and ability, no matter what your background.

What you need is:

  • Customer-facing experience gained in any industry (sales experience preferred but not essential), or a degree in any discipline and a desire to build a career in sales
  • Mature, assertive and committed to your career development with good communication skills
  • Ability to demonstrate that you're a flexible team player with a hunger to learn
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  • Legal right to work in the UK without a visa (no sponsorship is available for this role)
  • Full, clean, manual driving licence valid in the UK

Click through the ‘Apply Now’ button where you will be asked to upload your CV and answer a couple of short questions – the whole process should take 90 seconds. If we like what we see, you’ll be invited to complete a short video interview.

Once you’re in the formal process, there are three stages – a first interview with a Regional Manager, a day-in-the-life ‘field ride’ to give you a real feel for the job and a final interview with a Sales Director. We’ll also pay your expenses if you have to travel to meet us.

If we don’t have a suitable role for you at the moment, we will keep you in our talent pool for the future so your recruitment process might take a bit longer but we’ll be sure to stay in touch.

If you need any support with your application please contact [email protected]

Company

We have a unique working culture, made up of people from different backgrounds with a shared commitment to exceptional customer engagement. It’s a dynamic and fast-paced place to work, where success relies on teamwork and we challenge you to push boundaries. There’s a distinct vibrant energy that you can’t help but feel.

 

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