Maintaining strong relationships with your customers is a key to long term business success. Account managers in sales are tasked with nurturing strong relationships and adding new clients to the company portfolio. If you have strong networking and communication skills and are experienced in sales, this is a career path worth considering. Currently, there are more than 8,000 account manager jobs in Toronto, a 1.2% increase from the previous year. Jobs in this area have held steady since 2007.
Sales account managers are paid well. Depending on the company salary structure, commission and bonuses many be included. Here are the account manager salaries in Toronto:
Entry level salary: $68.4k to $91.6k
Intermediate salary: $77.3k to $105.3k
Senior salary: $88k to $119.2k
top industries for account managers in Toronto
Sales play a key role in most B2B and B2C industries. While you can find roles in most industries, account manager jobs in wholesale top the list. Most opportunities are found in:
Account managers in sales need to have a well rounded skill set. They need to have extensive sales knowledge, strong closing skills, and be able to foster great relationships. The top in demand skills hiring companies are look in candidates are:
There is room to grow into more senior sales account manager roles in Toronto. Many sales professionals become senior account managers, regional accounting managers, and account executives.