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🟢 Actively Hiring · Posted 24d ago ⏳ Closes in 67 days UK Corridor 🛡️ UK Work Eligibility 🏢 Company - Public

DESK-BASED ACCOUNT MANAGER

Salary Range
£27,798 - £30,431
£2,317 - £2,536 / mo

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Location Base
East Leake, England
Tier-1 UK Economic Zone
Est. Take-Home Pay
68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)
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1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard
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Position Overview & Specifications

Desk Based Account Manager – Remote Position

As a Desk Based Account Manager you can expect to be supporting the sales team across the UK to deliver profitable growth and gain market share within the sector.

This role is home-based.

You will identify and manage a full sales process and ensure all sales opportunities are maximised to their full potential whilst delivering excellent customer service and total account management.

Jewson is one of more than 30 exciting Saint-Gobain brands in the UK and we pride ourselves on doing everything we can to understand our Customers’ needs in order to deliver solutions to save them time, money and hassle. Our Colleagues are critical to our Customers’ success and you will be working with a team that proactively supports customers in every way possible. If you love working with people, you’re a good listener and you think you could help our customers feel welcome, then this could be a great opportunity for you to join our team.

And what about flexibility? The world of work is changing, if you have specific needs around flexibility we’re always open to discussing ways of making it work if we can, hit apply and we’d be happy to talk to you.

Our Desk Based Account Managers are really important to our success and a critical part of our customer’s positive experience with us. In this role you will;


  • Engage with customers, Major Account Managers, National Account Managers and Regional Sales Centres
  • Support the sales team to have all relevant information to follow up on opportunities, manage, monitor and create customer performance reports through the CRM tool.

Our key attitudes; Innovative. Customer Focused. Agile. Open and Engaging. Entrepreneurial - are what makes us and how we like to work at Saint-Gobain. These are shared characteristics of us all and traits we look for in future team members.

We are looking for the right person to fit in with our Saint-Gobain culture, but we know this needs to be right for you too. So if you think you match with the following, then we would love to hear from you!

Although we do require someone with the ability to communicate well and work within a small team, a positive attitude and a commitment to your learning and development are most important. If you haven’t worked in this industry or are new to it, that’s okay, we will support your learning to help you develop with us.


Is Saint-Gobain the right company for me?

We are on a mission to ‘Make the World a Better Home’; this is about creating solutions that improve the performance of buildings, to be responsible and ethical, and to support our local communities. It’s also our journey to Net Carbon Zero. So if you want to be part of our new vision and share the same passion as us, we’d love to hear from you.

Regardless of which business you join, you will be welcomed into a professional and warm environment, where we value all of our employees equally and have a strong focus on their health, safety and wellbeing at all times. Did you know we’ve won ‘Top UK & Global Employer’ 7 years running?!

Are Saint-Gobain an Inclusive employer?

We’re working hard to be, and we’re keen to hire talented people regardless of their background, abilities, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, national origin, what football team you support, taste in music, fashion sense or anything else that makes you, you!

We believe that working in a diverse business can be more enjoyable, teams can be more innovative, and make better decisions. We already employ many fantastic people from diverse backgrounds, but we still want to do more.


REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

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Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process

1

Application & Resume Screening

Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.

2

Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

3

Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

4

Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide

Corridor Intelligence

Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:

🇬🇧 Skilled Worker Visa (Tier 2)

Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.

🏛️ Settlement (ILR) Pathway

Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.

⚖️ Official regulatory reference: UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) & Home Office Sponsor Register.

Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Machinery Manufacturing

Recruitment Insights

Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for DESK-BASED ACCOUNT MANAGER roles across Saint-Gobain's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:

1. Domain Competency

Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Machinery Manufacturing.

2. Behavioral & Leadership

STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.

3. Compensation Alignment

Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £27,798 - £30,431 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.

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