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Ocupacions

Sales account manager

Latest available data: March 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Advertising account executive Advertising account manager Assistant account manager Assistant sales account manager Business development manager Client administrator Client sales manager Customer relations manager Customer relationship administrator Customer relationship manager Graduate account manager Graduate sales account manager Key account manager National account manager Relations administrator Relations manager Sales account manager Sales coordinator Sales development manager Sales representative Senior account manager Senior sales account manager Trainee account manager Trainee sales account manager

Sales account managers serve as intermediators between clients and the organisation, managing both sales and long term relations with the client. They have knowledge about products and services and develop contracts with customers.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Determining product mix, stock levels and service standards;
(b) Formulating and implementing purchasing and marketing policies, and setting prices;
(c) Promoting and advertising the establishment’s goods and services;
(d) Maintaining records of stock levels and financial transactions;
(e) Undertaking budgeting for the establishment;
(f) Controlling selection, training and supervision of staff;
(g) Ensuring compliance with occupational health and safety regulations.

Knowledge

  • Wholesale and retail sales
  • Marketing and advertising
  • Work skills
  • Accounting and taxation
  • Law

Digital competencies

  • Selling products or services
  • Developing professional relationships or networks
  • Promoting products, services, or programs
  • Developing solutions
  • Negotiating and managing contracts and agreements

Digital competencies

  • Managing, gathering and storing digital data
  • Using digital tools for collaboration and productivity

Personal competencies

  • Communicating
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts

Professional groups of the occupation

Managers

Hospitality, retail and other services managers

Retail and wholesale trade managers

Retail and wholesale trade managers

Other occupations of the professional group

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Retail and wholesale trade managers

105

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

35,23%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-10,81% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

87,88%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

11,83%

Part-time contracts

1,01% Turnover index

74

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

8%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Hospitality, retail and other services managers

60%

40%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Hospitality, retail and other services managers

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Retail and wholesale trade managers

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Retail and wholesale trade managers

No experience
10%
Less than 1 year
35%
Between 1 and 2 years
13%
Between 2 and 4 years
19%
Between 4 and 8 years
7%
More than 8 years
16%
Administrative and support service activities
37%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
19%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
15%
Manufacturing
8%
Information and communication
5%
Others
16%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.