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Account Manager

Location: Poole

Hours: Mon-Fri 0800am-1700pm

Salary: £35-£40K DOE

Benefits: 22 days rising after 2 years, Holiday buy-back scheme, Pension, Growth by sharing bonus scheme, on-site parking, Modern open plan offices, Free lunch every Friday, Company sick pay, Company social and corporate events, monthly + annual bonus structure, Training provided.

Aspire Jobs are delighted to be working with our client who are a well-established family run business and who are now looking for an additional member of staff to join their hardworking team of 6 at the office based in Poole, Dorset.

The successful Account Manager will need to be accountable for building and managing relationships with internal and external customers. You will be accountable for nurturing your account to ensure it grows to its full potential. The successful candidate must be someone who has excellent communication and interpersonal skills as well as influencing and engagement skills. You will be working closely with the internal account support team to ensure customer expectations are met and products are delivered in a timely manner.

Own Transport is essential for this role.

The successful Account Manager will: -

* Have account Management experience previously

* Highly organised

* Have excellent attention to detail

* Good levels of business acumen

* Have good IT Skills

* Ability to multitask

* Time management skills

* Have a positive with “can do” attitude

* Be asked to do Client service visits every few weeks – Own transport is essential

* Be a Team player.

Job duties for the Account Manager are: -

* Being accountable for nurturing an account to ensure it grows to its full potential

* Being involved in the strategic planning with this account

* Working closely with the Account support Team to ensure customer expectations are met

* Influencing the direction of the account(s) you look after and decide what range of products to proactively engage the client with

* Being involved in budget setting for clients and establishing growth targets

* Proactively work with clients to improve profitability of the accounts

* Carry out reviews of the pricing for clients and look to improve margins and negotiate increases

* Sourcing products at clients requests

* Supporting prestigious clients at senior levels

* Ability to calmly deal with client queries and concerns with high levels of professionalism and creatively coming up with solutions to their problems