Account Manager (Industrial Engineering)

Location: United Kingdom; hybrid Monday to Friday during normal office hours, with regular travel to customer sites across the North West.

Company

John Crane, a hirify.global business, provides mission-critical flow control solutions, including mechanical seals, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies, for energy and process industries.

What you will do

• Develop and execute territory growth plans covering John Crane products and services.
• Identify, win, and develop new customer accounts while maintaining existing relationships.
• Promote technical products, support customer enquiries, prepare quotations, and coordinate with Application Engineering.
• Work with tendering and engineering teams to deliver high-quality tenders and analyze lost bids.
• Manage sales funnel opportunities in C4C, customer visit reports, monthly sales reporting, invoicing, and collections.
• Promote health, safety, environmental, compliance, and ethical standards across sales activities.

Requirements

• Experience as an Account Manager in industrial, mechanical, or engineering sectors.
• Strong understanding of technical products, customer engagement, and commercial account development.
• Strong written and spoken communication skills.
• Strong time-management, financial-management, planning, and budgeting skills.
• Ability to maintain company equipment and report faults or damage.
• Ability to work in a hybrid role in the United Kingdom and travel regularly to customer sites.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Inclusive workplace supported by employee resource groups covering veterans, Pride, Black employees, women, and neurodiversity.
• Recognition through the annual Smiths Excellence Awards and Smiths Day celebrations.
• Focus on equality, ethics, safety, and diverse perspectives.