Sales Account Manager - South London

What's the role?

Are you a dynamic and versatile Sales Account Manager with a proven ability to build strong relationships, uncover opportunities, and drive growth?

As a Sales Account Manager, you’ll be the face of Hilti—at the heart of our direct sales model. This field-based role is all about meaningful customer interactions and a consultative approach to improving productivity, safety, and sustainability. You’ll also play a key role in generating new business, creatively identifying leads, and securing meetings that open doors.

You don’t need construction industry experience to apply. We’re looking for someone who’s collaborative, curious, driven, and passionate about delivering results and exceptional customer experiences. If you have customer-facing experience and a solution-oriented sales mindset, this role could be the opportunity that offers the right challenge, support, and space to succeed and grow.

In return, we offer a great salary, uncapped bonus, comprehensive benefits including a 6% pension contribution and private medical insurance, fantastic recognition incentives, and a company car—plus the opportunity to grow your career with a global employer of choice, where 77% of management roles are filled internally.

We’re proud of our caring, performance-driven culture at Hilti and will ensure you have the tools and support to succeed.

Who is Hilti?

At Hilti, we’re a passionate global team committed to making construction better. As a trusted partner for productivity, safety, and sustainability, we provide innovative solutions that shape the buildings, roads, and infrastructure people rely on every day.

Hilti is where individuals grow lasting careers, exploring possibilities, owning their development, and making a real difference.

What does the role involve?

• You’ll be out in your region meeting customers, understanding their needs, and providing tailored solutions showcasing our innovative products and software.
• You’ll actively develop ‘focus’ customers, generate new leads, and secure meetings to build a strong pipeline.
• You’ll manage your sales area strategically and operationally, using our best-in-class Salesforce CRM to stay ahead of opportunities and customer needs.

Watch our Life as an Account Manager video to learn more about this exciting role and what it’s like to work at Hilti Great Britain. 93% of our people say they’re proud to work for Hilti, thanks to the quality of our products and the way we look after our people.

What do we offer?

At Hilti, you’ll be part of something special — a place to grow, surrounded by supportive colleagues, where your results are recognised and rewarded.

• Competitive base salary and uncapped bonus
• Extensive onboarding, training, and companywide events in Manchester
• Incentives for top performers (e.g. trips to NYC, Milan, Miami)
• 33 days holiday (inc. Bank Holidays) plus paid days off for great moments in life - your birthday, moving home, getting married and moments where you may need more support – fertility treatment, neonatal birth, home emergency day.
• You also have the opportunity to buy additional leave days each year.
• Private healthcare, life insurance, and wellbeing support
• 6% pension contribution
• Company vehicle and fuel/charging card
• Laptop, mobile phone, and high-quality branded workwear
• £2,000 referral reward for successful hires

What you need is:

To progress your application, it is essential you:

• Hold a full, manual UK driving licence and be willing to travel
• Have no more than six points on your licence
• You able to provide evidence of eligibility to work in the UK. Please note: Due to the minimum salary thresholds, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for Account Manager roles.

You’ll also need:

• Proven experience in sales or account management (any industry)
• A strong track record in generating new business and developing accounts
• Confidence in lead generation and securing meetings independently
• A solution-oriented mindset with the ability to uncover customer needs
• Resilience and adaptability to engage with all levels of customer
• Drive, curiosity, and a passion for learning and growth
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage your time effectively
• A values-driven approach—commitment, teamwork, courage, and integrity

Who should apply?

We have an excellent mix of people, and many of our best Sales Account Managers have grown their careers with us. If you’re driven to succeed in sales and want to develop in a supportive, high-performing environment—this is your opportunity.

Click through the 'Apply Now' button where you will be asked to upload your CV and answer a couple of short questions – the whole process should take around 90 seconds.

If you need any support with your Sales Account Manager application, please contact [email protected] .

What you can expect when applying to a position with Hilti:
1. We are committed to having all applications reviewed by a human and while nobody is infallible, we stand by our people centric approach to everything we do
2. Once you submit your application you can expect to receive automated notifications from our system (triggered by our recruiting team)
3. Applications that do not make it to the interview stage (with a hiring manager) will not receive personalized feedback.
4. Our end-to-end recruitment process (including evaluation time and interviews) may last between 3 and 6 weeks. You can expect to hear back from us within 2-3 weeks (on average) regardless of outcome 5. We wish you the best in your application process. Check out our career frequently asked questions for application and interview tips.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value the contributions of all our team members regardless of sex, gender identity/expression, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion or family status.