Key Account Manager

Key Accounts Sales Consultant — Permanent, Full Time

📍 Field-based, with quick access to motorway networks 🕒 Full time, 37.5 hours/week 🏢 External Sales

About Us

We're the UK and global market leader in automation and fluid control solutions, part of a business with headquarters in Japan and a presence in over 80 countries. Our UK operation sits on a 14-acre site in Milton Keynes, covering offices, design, factory, and warehousing, serving the automotive, food, beverage & packaging, and life science sectors.

About You

Driven, competitive, and quick to build rapport — always looking for a better way to do things. If that's you, we want to hear from you.

The Role

As a Key Accounts Sales Consultant, you'll drive growth in the machine and device manufacturing sector as part of our "win team." You'll own the full sales cycle for new strategic accounts — engaging senior management, supply chain professionals, and engineers to design proposals that meet their needs and showcase our solutions. Your focus is winning new business and converting prospects into long-term customers.

Key Responsibilities

* Meet or exceed monthly, quarterly and annual sales targets

* Build strong relationships and identify new business opportunities within target accounts

* Maintain good relationships with our distributor sales partners

* Keep accurate CRM records

* Live our company values

Skills & Experience

* Technical expertise in automation and proven key account sales experience

* Engineering-based technical qualification desirable

* Strong sales track record in related industries

* Current driving licence (company car provided) and passport for occasional European/international travel

What We Offer

Extensive sales, product & application training, plus:

* 25% OTE commission scheme

* Death in service, 4x salary

* Private medical cover

* Salary sacrifice pension plan

* 25 days holiday (33 total with bank holidays) plus holiday purchase scheme

* Tech offers, bike scheme and more

We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive team and welcome applications from all.

Interested? Apply now — we'd love to hear from you
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed