yellowshark
Zürich
Key Account Manager (m/f) - 100 %
- 30 October 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- CHF 95 000 - 120 000 /year
- 8000 Zürich
About the job
Our client is a successful, nationally operating trading company that supports business customers with products and services for professional applications. The company places great value on high service quality, a partnership-based collaboration, and long-term customer relationships.
To strengthen the sales team, we are looking for a committed, customer-oriented individual with strong negotiation skills and entrepreneurial thinking.
- Active acquisition of new customers and exploration of additional business opportunities
- Identification and processing of new market potentials
- Responsibility for achieving agreed sales targets
- Building and maintaining a sustainable customer network
- Accompanying sales processes and negotiations
- Preparation and follow-up of offers as well as handling of tenders
- Independent planning and execution of customer appointments
- Systematic documentation of customer activities and maintenance of relevant information
- Representation of the company at customer events and industry occasions
- Close cooperation with internal specialist departments and other sales units
- Monitoring market and customer developments and deriving appropriate measures
- Further business management training is an advantage
- Several years of professional experience in sales, customer support, or key account management
- Experience in building and developing long-term business relationships
- Strong negotiation skills and confident appearance towards different contacts
- High customer orientation and enjoyment of advisory-intensive sales processes
- Entrepreneurial thinking and a good sense of economic contexts
- Independent, structured, and goal-oriented working style
- Strong communication skills, initiative, and pronounced team spirit
- Resilience, flexibility, and enjoyment of a varied activity
- Willingness to make regular customer visits and travel
- Very good German language skills
- Good user knowledge of common Office applications
- Flexible working arrangements with home office options
- Varied activity with personal responsibility and scope for design
- Collegial working environment and short decision-making paths
- Structured induction and support during onboarding
- Opportunities for professional and personal development
- Collaboration with an experienced and committed team
- Contemporary holiday regulations
- Attractive pension and social benefits
- Additional discounts and employee advantages
To strengthen the sales team, we are looking for a committed, customer-oriented individual with strong negotiation skills and entrepreneurial thinking.
Responsibilities
- Support and development of existing customer relationships- Active acquisition of new customers and exploration of additional business opportunities
- Identification and processing of new market potentials
- Responsibility for achieving agreed sales targets
- Building and maintaining a sustainable customer network
- Accompanying sales processes and negotiations
- Preparation and follow-up of offers as well as handling of tenders
- Independent planning and execution of customer appointments
- Systematic documentation of customer activities and maintenance of relevant information
- Representation of the company at customer events and industry occasions
- Close cooperation with internal specialist departments and other sales units
- Monitoring market and customer developments and deriving appropriate measures
Profile
- Completed vocational training, ideally in a technical or commercial environment- Further business management training is an advantage
- Several years of professional experience in sales, customer support, or key account management
- Experience in building and developing long-term business relationships
- Strong negotiation skills and confident appearance towards different contacts
- High customer orientation and enjoyment of advisory-intensive sales processes
- Entrepreneurial thinking and a good sense of economic contexts
- Independent, structured, and goal-oriented working style
- Strong communication skills, initiative, and pronounced team spirit
- Resilience, flexibility, and enjoyment of a varied activity
- Willingness to make regular customer visits and travel
- Very good German language skills
- Good user knowledge of common Office applications
Additional Information
- Company vehicle with the possibility of private use- Flexible working arrangements with home office options
- Varied activity with personal responsibility and scope for design
- Collegial working environment and short decision-making paths
- Structured induction and support during onboarding
- Opportunities for professional and personal development
- Collaboration with an experienced and committed team
- Contemporary holiday regulations
- Attractive pension and social benefits
- Additional discounts and employee advantages
