Sales Accounts and Business Development Managers n.e.c.

As a sales accounts and business development manager, your job is to bring in business for your company. You find new customers, look after existing ones, and work out what they need so you can sell them products or services that actually help them. You need to understand what your company offers and be good at talking to people.

Your days are busy and social. You meet clients in person or on video calls, you do research on companies that might be interested in what you sell, and you write proposals and give pitches. You track leads and deals, work out what is getting in the way of a sale, and keep customers happy once you have sold to them. It is sales work so you need to be persuasive and resilient - you will hear "no" a lot - but each deal you close and each long-term customer relationship you build is a real win.