Account Manager

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1 year ago

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Account Manager

Inspire Resourcing are currently recruiting for an Account Manager on behalf of our client based in Chesterfield.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a market leading business with opportunities to develop your career.

Duties:

Own, manage and build development plans for your client list
Fully understand our full range of products and services
Primary point of contact for all communication with network of key contacts at different
levels/departments in each client
Plan, attend and follow up client meetings and reviews
Setting up new clients and managing the new client rollout successfully
Making accurate cost calculations, and providing customers with quotations
Closing deals, drawing up the contractual detail and commercial agreement
Gathering market and customer information and providing feedback on future buying trends
Update your line manager regularly on key opportunities and issues
Negotiating variations in price, service, or specification with clients
Representing the at all times in a professional manner
Completing administrative and reporting requirements
Review your own performance with a view to meet or exceed target expectations
Working with companies management team to deliver the customer’s needs whilst identifying
potential issues and or opportunities
Any other tasks deemed appropriate.

Key Skills:
Excellent interpersonal skills
Be personable. Must have a friendly and approachable personality for client communication.
Strong business sense and commercial awareness
Competitor awareness - markets/services/clients/development plans
Excellent communication skills - written and verbal
Be self-motivated and a competent individual worker but also able to work as a team
Excellent organisational and time management skills
Negotiation and persuasiveness skills
Positive attitude and emotional maturity to handle conflict and challenge
Initiative and enterprise
Professionalism at all times
Trustworthiness with confidential information

£25k - £27k

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