Account Manager Location: Preston, Lancashire. Salary: £28-30K per annum Hours: Monday - Friday - 8.30 - 17.00 office-based role with flexible starting hours. Client Profile: Our client is a leading manufacturer and supplier within the automotive sector. They are looking to add an Account Manager to work in their offices based in Preston. Responsibilities: Account Management: -Customers/agent communications -Setting up new customers price lists New customer welcome pack -Providing customer quotation regularly Updating and Maintaining Customer Price Lists -Back orders follow ups and updates Product Management: -Competitor Market Price info research/Data gathering -Cross referencing -Promoting new product range Reports & Amp; Analysis Reports to Sales Team: -Sales reports -Sales figures analysis -Cost/Price reduction requests -Gross Margin report analysis -Analysing product movement -Product forecast -Annual budget preparation -Answering any Directors’ queries Admin/Customer Service: -Raising orders for both UK and European customers in a timely manner -Dealing with customer enquiries by email and phone -Dealing with any queries from sales managers. -Main point of contact for customer service issues -Arranging transportation for UK and European customer orders. -Issuing documentation for transportation. -Document Filing/Archiving -General office duties such as answering the phone and other duties assigned by the management Personal Specification: The successful candidate for the role of Sales Administrator must have the following skills: - Account Management experience -Great Attention to detail -Good with Excel -Any experience within exports is desirable but not essential - Any European Language skills a bonus but not required (e.g. German or French or Polish or Italian or Spanish etc)