Account Manager

An internationally recognised children’s toy brand, based in Hertfordshire, require a permanent International Account Manager.  You will be working within an extremely friendly team, within a highly interesting industry, encouraged to use your initiative on a daily basis. The main focus of this role is to provide an exceptional account management service to a select portfolio of existing global clients, additionally:

The Role:

• Developing current accounts; you will take over established accounts to manage and grow internationally
• Responding promptly to clients email requests (due to time differences, occasionally out of office hours)
• Be involved with the tendering and re bid process

• Maintain and update Service Agreements
• Client retention by dealing with issues quickly as they arise
• Reprice requests & reviews
• Assist with logistics queries
• Constantly keeping abreast of market developments
• Building professional long term relationships
• Ability to bring strategic direction to the sales function
• Negotiating business with national FMCG’s
• Updating and maintain all client administration
   

The role offers the successful candidate an opportunity to work within an award winning highly successful business, working alongside a very friendly team. To be successful in this role you must have previous experience of successfully managing and developing client accounts;
 

Experience & Attributes:

• ESSENTIAL: Track record of successfully managing client accounts

• An outgoing, positive personality - you should be a people person naturally client service driven
• Have good business consultancy skills and be solution and customer focused
• Ideally based within the South East/Home Counties with no more than 1 hour drive from Harpenden, Hertfordshire.
• Stable work history
• Strong numerical and analytical skills
• Time management and strong organisational qualities are essential as the position requires remote working. 

Highly Competitive Salary + discretionary bonus + Mobile Phone + laptop + 23 days holiday + free parking

Hours: 9 – 5.30pm

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