Role: Contract Account Manager
Location: Bestway Preston Depot/North West
Reporting to: National Account Manager
Bestway Vans Direct is part of Bestway Wholesale, established in 1976
Are you looking for a new opportunity to enhance your sales skills with great earnings potential?
What we offer:
- Competitive Salary with strong Bonus structure
- 30 days holiday including bank holidays.
- Company pension and Life Assurance.
- Depot membership card that can be used across all sites for wholesale priced goods.
- Company car
- Fuel card
The role will be based from our Preston Depot, with regular customer visits across the North West region. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and developing a portfolio of contract customers, both locally from Preston and some remote accounts.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Managing and developing existing customer relationships
- Growing existing accounts and identifying new sales opportunities
- Building strong commercial relationships with customers
- Overseeing contract customers linked to the Preston Depot and remote locations
- Achieving agreed sales, margin and growth targets
- Identifying opportunities to increase revenue and customer value
- Working closely with internal teams including depots, buying and supply chain to deliver excellent customer service
- Developing new business opportunities and supporting long-term customer growth
The ideal candidate will have:
- Experience within sales, account management or customer development
- Strong relationship-building and communication skills
- A commercial mindset with the ability to identify growth opportunities
- The confidence to manage customer relationships independently
- A full UK driving licence
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to develop their career within account management and play a key role in growing our contract business.