Account Manager

We are Benenden Health and the chances are you haven’t heard of us, but keep on reading and we’ll tell you more.

With a 115-year history and a mutual ethos, Benenden Health is a unique place to work. Whatever the department, no two days are the same and the opportunities are as diverse as the members we serve.

We were founded in 1905, with the purpose of people joining together to help pay for medical care for when they might need it and this remains our core purpose today. We still exist for the sole benefit of our members and remain a not-for-profit society. Today, our mission is to help regular hard-working people avoid the worry and complications that waiting on the NHS can bring. Our only passion is to improve the quality of our members’ lives, as it always has been. Today we have over 830,000 members, tomorrow we aim for many more. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading healthcare community, making life better for all our members and wider society by taking the strain off the NHS.

We have an exciting opportunity for a new Account Manager to join our Corporate Sales Department on a full time, permanent basis.

Overview of the role

Reporting to the National Accounts Manager, the post holder will be responsible for managing, growing and retaining new and existing corporate and civil service accounts across a geographic region.

We’re keen to hear from candidates with the following skills and experience:

• A minimum of 3 years account management experience working in a B2B role.
• Strong relationship building skills with the aim of developing and retaining corporate accounts.
• Passionate, tenacious, self-motivated, resilient and confident person with excellent interpersonal, communication and objection handling skills.
• Evidence of consistently achieving targets against budget.

Benefits

As a valued colleague, we offer you a range of benefits including;

• Free Benenden Health membership
• Free onsite parking
• Up to 35 days’ holiday including bank holiday and no current weekend working
• Pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Excellent training and development
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee engagement events
• Supporting local charities
• Opportunities to give back to our community through volunteering
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Free onsite gym

Basic Salary £36k plus Incentive Scheme and car allowance

Hours of work - 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

There is a requirement to attend 2 weeks full time training Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm, starting on DATE. You must be available for the whole training period and have no annual leave during this time.

For further information on this role, please refer to the Role Profile.

N.B If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please consider your application to be unsuccessful in this instance.