**Job Title: Business Account Manager**
**Department: Contract New Build Team**
**Location: Maidstone, Kent**
**Salary: £40,000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits** **Ideal Candidate Location: Maidstone area (occasional overnight stays may be required)**
We’re a UK market-leading manufacturer of high-quality fitted kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom furniture, with 50 years of sustained growth built on exceptional products and outstanding service. We’re now looking for a dedicated **Business Account Manager** to join our Contract New Build Team and help drive continued success across the region.
**About the Role**
You’ll take full ownership of our established relationships with leading New Build Contractors, acting as the key point of contact. By combining strong professional sales skills with in-depth product knowledge, you’ll promote our premium range and ensure we deliver the high standards our customers expect on sites throughout the area.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Deliver exceptional account management and service to existing clients
- Handle quotations, call-offs, amendments, variations, extras, delivery scheduling, debt management, and customer expectations
- Drive turnover growth across existing accounts and secure opportunities with new ones (sales experience highly desirable)
- Stay ahead of industry trends, competitor activity, and the wider customer landscape
This is a pivotal, hands-on role where you’ll manage customer requirements end-to-end and play a direct part in our ongoing expansion.
**What We’re Looking For**
- Proven experience in fast-track new build processes, ideally working with contractors in the kitchen, bathroom, or bedroom sector
- Strong industry knowledge, including major competitors, our full product range (manufactured and sourced), and terms of trading
- Excellent organisational and administrative abilities
- Creative problem-solving mindset ("think outside the box")
- Full UK driving licence
**You Will Be**
- A confident communicator comfortable engaging with people at all levels – from Architects, Specifiers, Buyers and Site/Project Managers to Senior Managers and Directors
- Comfortable working under pressure in a fast-moving environment
- Self-motivated, deadline-driven, and proactive
- A strong team player who thrives in a dynamic, supportive culture
If you’re passionate about the fitted furniture sector, enjoy building lasting client relationships, and want to share in the success of a long-established market leader, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now to join a company that’s been growing for half a century – and help us keep building on that momentum!