Countrywide Healthcare are the leading specialist non-food supplier to care homes. Based in South Yorkshire the company provides a market leading service supplying an extensive range of PPE, nursing, medical, chemical, housekeeping and equipment products to care providers in all parts of the UK. The business has an unrivalled reputation and has enjoyed fantastic sales growth from £9.2m in 2014 to over £33m in our last financial year.

Our business has been extremely busy through the COVID-19 pandemic as we have worked closely with our existing customers and have delivered a strong sales performance. We are now looking to recruit a National Account Manager based in the north of England to grow sales by winning new business and developing working relationships with new and existing customers. The position requires relationship building and selling to Directors, Consultants and Purchasing Managers to secure business from care home groups.

You will work closely with the Head of Sales & Marketing and other members of the sales team to identify opportunities, follow leads, meet and present proposals to customers in order to meet and exceed sales targets. The role requires a flexible approach and experience of overcoming initial resistance to change to close business.

The successful candidate must have excellent time management, a proven track record in a B2B sales role, strong interpersonal skills and be self-motivated to work unsupervised. You should have good computer literacy in particular with Microsoft Office and hold a full clean UK driving licence. Knowledge of the care sector and healthcare products is an advantage.

The position comes with a company car, laptop, mobile phone, pension scheme, uncapped bonus scheme and attractive salary package.