Account Manager

Leicestershire

Full time | permanent

Salary Circa £40k

The Company:

Our Leicester based clients are a well established leader in the design and manufacture of retail solutions working with some of the most well know brands/retailers in the UK & globally.

They are looking for an established Account Manager for their team on a permanent and full time basis who can take the lead managing accounts, understanding the clients needs and communicating this with the teams internally - Design, Project Management, Manufacturing.

The successful candidate must have a minimum of 3 years experience within Account Management or a client facing role within the Retail Design/Retail point of sale industry

Responsibilities

· Developing & maintaining client relationships - verbally, via email and face to face

· Build on client accounts to meet company targets, forecast sales

· Obtaining clear client briefs and communicating this to Account Executive and internally

· Able to overcome objectives and to influence with suggestions/solutions

· Attending and leading pitches and presentations to clients

· Experienced in working under pressure and managing clients to a high standard

· Keeping client fully informed of project status via weekly updates, raising any concerns,

managing expectations

· Submitting quotes to clients - Monitoring/Maintaining costs for clients

· Working within company margins

The candidate

· A minimum of three years working client facing in Retail POS - ESSENTIAL

· An excellent communicator both internally and externally

· Able to build and maintain client relationships, client accounts.

· Able to understand the clients requirements, confident in identifying shortfalls and is able to raise this both internally and externally.

· Used to working in a fast paced environment, able to motivate and lead Account executives.

· Financially astute

· Fully experienced in working with luxury brands and to a high standard