Account Executive

**Inventors of Brand Power - the most powerful, iconic TV ad platform driving brand sales**:

- **Creators of Home Tester Club - the world’s largest digital community of shoppers delivering social proof content**:

- **Industry-leading benefits package**:

- **Customized training program delivered by some of the industry's best**:

- **Lot of opportunity for growth as we promote from within**
**The Role**
We're on the hunt for a group of enthusiastic sale guns to join our Malaysia team servicing our Malaysian markets to get our amazing advertising solutions in front of the world’s biggest packaged goods brands.

This is a genuine sales role for people who are serious about selling - you are competitive, curious and an outstanding communicator. We care about your skills even more than the letters next to your name, so you will ideally bring some sales experience and, above all, a strong desire to learn what it takes to work and thrive in a dynamic sales environment.

We especially love the training grounds and transferrable skills acquired in other careers including retail, real estate and volume recruitment.

If successful, you will join a group of likeminded new starters to be developed together with a specially designed training program simulcast from our global headquarters in Toronto.

When you join us you will work directly with the world’s top packaged goods companies, have the opportunity to interact with some of Asia Pacific's greatest marketing minds, and hone career-making sales, management and production skills across television, digital and social.

You'll also learn all you need to know about our company, our unique products and the secrets to selling as part of an extensive training program delivered by some of the industry's best.

Whether you’re a graduate or in the early years of your career, this is the perfect opportunity to blend your passion for sales, media and consumer goods within a truly global business.

**Buchanan Group**
Buchanan Group (a WPP company) is the world’s leading provider of endorsement advertising platforms across television, digital and social, including Brand Power, Medifacts and Home Tester Club. We have grown exponentially during the pandemic. We have had the capability to shoot globally, which has allowed Buchanan Group to grow and provide security for our team. We’re big fans of authentic. Not just in the solutions we provide clients globally, but in the people we welcome to our team. Genuine team players up for collaborating, creating and celebrating awesome results for our clients.

We know passion beats pretense and that it’s the down-to-earth who best step up to any challenge. We champion diversity. We collaborate across sixteen offices worldwide. We’re expanding into new markets. We’re committed to solutions that drive measurable results for our clients. And we play as hard as we work.

With more than 100,000 staff based in 110 different countries, WPP is the world's largest creative transformation company and is home to some of the biggest communications, advertising and media agencies, including Ogilvy, GroupM, Grey and Wavemaker. A career with Buchanan Group opens up endless opportunities to learn and grow within a powerful network of WPP brands.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Networking and getting to know our current clients while finding potential new ones
- Use our pretty cool online CRM tools (including Salesforce) to maintain detailed information on contacts, accounts, meetings, and opportunities
- Work effectively with multiple internal departments to sell, execute, and manage campaigns (ie. Creative & Production teams)
- Research and manage potential leads and prospects through LinkedIn and industry database subscriptions
- Learn and develop industry knowledge to establish areas of opportunity with potential clients
- Become an expert in product categories and advertising best practices in order to persuade marketers to consider Buchanan tools
- Use the skills you develop to close business with new clients
- Build strong relationships with existing clients to grow book of business
**What you **_can do_** is more important to us than what you have done previously.*
We value an open mind, a desire to succeed and good old fashioned hard work over a laundry list of skills. If you think you have what it takes but don’t tick every box, then we absolutely encourage you to give us a shot. We’d love to meet and get to know the real you, as well as seeing what else is in your toolbox.

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Our Qualifications and Experience Wishlist*
- 1-2 years of relevant work experience preferred - ideally within a sales or customer-centric environment. We especially love the training grounds and transferrable skills acquired in other careers including retail, real estate and volume recruitment
- High levels of initiative, self-motivation and time management
- Competitive and ambitious nature, demonstrating a strong aptitude for sales
- Excellent verbal