National Account Manager

As a National Account Manager, you will be responsible for an existing portfolio of accounts within a specified geographical area. Your role will be to retain and develop your portfolio of clients ensuring you have an in-depth understanding of their objectives and be seen as an extension of their own business. As a National Account Manager, you will also:

• Proactively contact clients to maintain a consistent high level of service delivery, whilst identifying further new business opportunities. Managing the opportunity pipeline, you will need to ensure that we achieve profitable growth margin across your accounts.
• Manage an opportunity pipeline, to achieve profitable gross margin across all accounts.
• Project management of the roll-out of all new contracts and services.
• Advising on changes and trends in the marketplace and the activities of competitors.
• Be self‑motivated to manage own diary to exceed all given KPIs commercial and behavioural.

We are looking for a Dynamic National Account Manager to join our 'solution based' Commercial Corporate Sales Division.

• 31 days holiday, rising to 38 after longer service (inclusive of bank holidays)
• Company car
• Pension & Life Assurance Scheme
• 2 fully paid community volunteering days each year
• Referral Scheme
• Opportunity for career break after 3 years of service

• A real commitment and motivation to achieve goals
• Experience in developing and maintaining contracted business
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills at all levels.
• Exposure to tender processes and re‑tenders to retain and secure account contracts.
• Complete understanding of the sales and business development process, with strong commercial acumen.
• A full valid driving licence.
• This role may require overnight stays.

As a diverse and forward‑thinking employer, we embed the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion into everything we do. That includes our staff, customers, suppliers and our local community.

Lyreco are the market leader in Workplace Solutions and specialise in providing workplace solutions to businesses globally, across a variety of sectors.