Account Manager

Taranaki

About the employer 

Our client employer is a 100% New Zealand-owned Private Training Establishment (PTE) with over 25 years of experience, delivering high-quality NZQA accredited safety training in various industries, including: 

  • Industrial

  • Transport

  • Rural

  • Health and safety

  • Heights

  • Access trades – and more

 

Typically, their learners need skills to maintain or gain employment. 

So, from short courses to apprenticeships, the training this team provides changes lives – and can genuinely save lives.

 

The culture 

As one of the leadership team said recently, theirs is a business that is “not only saving lives.  They are changing lives.” 

They strive to maintain a spirit of: 

  • One family

  • Unified vision

  • Skilled across multiple industries and disciplines 

Although you will be representing a well-established business that operates throughout New Zealand, you can expect to enjoy a relaxed professionalism. 

 

This role 

With a mission to caretake and strengthen client relationships, you will take ownership of a geographical portfolio of existing clients.  And in addition to growing the business within those client organisations, you will forge new and profitable working partnerships with new clients. 

There is considerable scope to grow the business across the Taranaki region – with current clients being mainly in the oil, gas and industrial industries.

In summary, in this role you will: 

  • Hunt for new business – with existing clients, and via cold calling and leads received

  • Gain understanding of the technical, scope and budget requirements of each client

  • Assist with written proposals and tenders

  • Negotiate contracts and agreements

  • Communicate internally and with trainers to provide the service and support agreed

  • Build and maintain strong, honest and long-lasting customer relationships 

 

Salaried Position

  • Salary as per experience (note this is not a salary plus commission role)

  • Plus use of company vehicle

  • Plus other benefits

 

Hit the ground running 

To be effective in this role, you will: 

  • Have a full, clean Driver Licence

  • Be an already experienced Account Manager

  • Plus have proven new business experience

  • You will be pretty tech savvy (i.e. confident using CRM and other MS Office products)

  • Happily work with minimal supervision

  • Have an affinity with the training provided by the employer, or a regard for the difference they make in people’s lives

  • Take a planned and methodical approach

  • Have the agility to juggle multiple account management projects at a time

  • Maintain sharp attention to detail 

 

Apply now  

  • Click on apply now to send your CV 

  • We prefer to receive CV's in either MS Word and PDF format if at all possible 

  • A criminal history check (including a check of driver offences) may form part of this employer’s pre-employment process, so we will ask you to please disclose if this check would produce adverse information

 

Please note 

In lieu of a formal closing date, screening and shortlisting of candidates may commence as applications are received. 

 

Important information for all applicants

  •  You must be living in New Zealand AND

  • Legally entitled to work 40-hours per week when you apply for this job

  • If you are living outside of New Zealand and/or you are not legally entitled to work 40-hours per week, then your application may be declined without reply