Job Title: Account Manager
Location: Blackwood (flexi working available up to 50% after fully trained)
Salary: £30,000-£40,000 a year

Hours: Full time. Monday – Friday days regular

Here at The Recruitment Co we are recruiting an Account Manager to work for a company based in Blackwood.

Main Job Roles

• Key account management of strategically significant accounts
• Working with the Project Team, maximise profitability of existing projects, ensuring returns are at least that of Group minimum requirements.
• Ensuring price changes are implemented on time with the correct customer and internal documents in place
• Along with the relevant Finance departments, ensure customer payments are made in line with agreements and pursue collection of any outstanding overdue debt
• Resolve any customer pricing or invoicing issues
• Track customer alignment to agreed contracts including but not limited to key elements of the agreement such as Start of Production dates, Annual Volumes, Pricing and Payment Terms
• A key point of contact for the customer on day to day customer relation topics
• Develop long?term relationships with key stakeholders at customer sites.
• Ownership of 5 Year Sales Plan (12 month budget and 4 year forecast)
• End of production management: Advise run out volume requirements ensuring no obsolete raw material or finished goods
• Service and Spare Part management: Agreement of new pricing, minimum batch quantities and / or All Time Buy

Requirements

• Account Management experience is essential
• Automotive experience is desirable
• Strong soft skills and an understanding of people behaviour and the self-awareness to react appropriately. Be politically astute.
• Ability to communicate information, whether technical or non-technical to internal stakeholders and customers, in a clear and concise manner.
• Be sufficiently diligent to ensure accuracy and target zero mistakes.
• Highly professional and capable of being a strong ambassador for the company.
• Strong leadership and organisational skills.
• Motivated and a self-starter & able to work on own initiative
• Have a strong work ethic
• Demonstrate tenacity in striving to achieve the desired outcomes.
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Ensure that all work activities and records comply with Company Policies, Procedures and Codes of Practice.
• Maintain a high standard of Health and Safety based upon safe working practices and support environmental initiatives.
• Communicate and support the embedding of customer service imperatives across other functions of the business.
• Valid UK Driving licence & Passport – Willing and able to travel globally and at times, at short notice.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday (increases with length of service) + Bank Holidays
• Excellent Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme (Employee Contribution uncapped/ Employer contribution up to 15%)
• Life Insurance (6 times annual salary)
• Access to pool cars for travel
• Company laptop/ phone
• Free Parking
• Flexible Working Policy
• Homeworking Policy
• Employee Events
• Recognition Awards
• Training and Development (Internal & External)
• Share Save Schemes
• Salary Sacrifice Scheme- Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

If you are interested please apply now!

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The Recruitment Co. is an equal opportunities employer and we’re committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.