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Key Account Manager - Consumer Insight

Employer
Michael Page Sales
Location
England, Berkshire, Maidenhead
Salary
£30000 - £40000 per annum + car allowance, bonus, pension
Closing date
18 Apr 2017

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Business Sector
Non Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
National Accounts

Job Details



My client, based in Maidenhead, are looking for a Key Account Manager - Consumer Insight to join their rapidly expanding team.

Client Details

My client are a Consumer Behaviour Insight Company who provide market information to FMCG manufacturers and retailers. This information helps them to understand the key drivers of growth and use this to build tailored business strategies.

My client monitors what consumers see and buy online, actively tracking 550 million products across more than 6,000 retail websites in 50+ countries for FMCG brands and retailers. Their digital monitoring technology is uniquely combined with sales data, ensuring that their clients maintain or increase market share.

My client works with some of the biggest and most well known FMCG manufacturers and retail stores across not only the UK but the world. They have continued to show rapid growth and have doubled their revenue over the last 4 - 5 years. They continued to develop new relationships as well as developing their existing ones, offering a very tailored and personnel service to each of their customers, why not apply and join an exciting growing brand?

Description

As Key Account Manager - Consumer Insight, you will be responsible for supporting & developing the growing manufacturer and retailer customer base (Mars, Beiersdorf, Johnson & Johnson and Tesco among others). You will be in charge of a rapidly expanding portfolio of customers and you will be their main point of contact.

As the face of the business with these customers, you will be responsible for building successful relationships with your main contacts and for expanding the networks across the customer organisation. The role will involve ensuring renewal via client satisfaction and identifying growth opportunities through understanding client needs.

You will report directly to the VP of Sales EMEA and gain valuable experience in a fast-paced & fast growing business environment. You will be provided with excellent support and training and join a growing, vibrant team.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Day to day contact for my client's key manufacturer and retailer accounts supporting a broad customer base

- Ensuring client satisfaction leading to uncontested renewal status

- Developing a high level of expertise of the industry, product offerings, competitive landscape, and understanding of associated technologies and how they solve customer's business issues

- Building a relationships and networks across a portfolio of customers, up-selling new features where appropriate

- Arranging conference calls, product demos, training and face-to-face meetings to educate the customers on my client's solution's benefits/capabilities

- Ensuring data accuracy in customer accounts

- Preparing and managing your customer portfolio in SalesForce.com

Profile

The Key Account Manager - Consumer Insight:

- At least 2 years Account Management experience

- Previous account management experience in the FMCG / Retail and/or tech sector is highly desired

- A strong track record of growing revenue from an existing account portfolio

- A degree is a preference but not essential

- Commutable to Maidenhead 3 / 4 days a week

- Ambition to develop and progress in a rapidly growing business

- Ability to think outside the box, utilising your own ideas and methods

- Outstanding organisational skills and ability to multitask to effectively prioritise and manage work flow

- Strong attention to detail and analytical capabilities as well as interpersonal skills

- Goal driven - should have strong desire to exceed expectations

Job Offer

Key Account Manager - Consumer Insight:

£30,000 - £40,000 per annum DOE

£400 per month car allowance

£10,000 bonus

Pension

Healthcare

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Excellent training and progression opportunities

Company

Michael Page Sales UK is a leading professional recruitment consultancy covering permanent, interim and contract recruitment. We have UK wide coverage with ten offices located in London, Weybridge, Reading, Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, St Albans, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow. The core markets we serve are Consumer, Business Services, Media, IT/Telco, Financial Services, Healthcare and Technical Sales, with a dedicated person or team in each location specialising in each of these sectors. The clients we work with are as diverse as the candidates we represent; from Blue Chips to SMEs, and Sales Execs to Sales Directors. Our Consultants are typically from relevant sales backgrounds giving first hand experience of the roles we recruit for. We pride ourselves on delivering unrivalled service levels to our candidates and our clients, our track record of success over the past 20 years means we stand out.

Within our Consumer Sales Division we have consultants within each of the 10 offices who dedicate themselves to this sector and no other. Our specialist capability is demonstrated further as we focus on sub sectors such as food, drink, household, foodservice, consumer electronics, apparel, health & beauty, consumer healthcare, pet and sports. Some of our key clients include Colgate, Beiersdorf, Dr Oetker, Johnson & Johnson, Matthew Clark, PZ Cussons, Kellogg’s, 2 Sisters, Samsung, Seven Seas, Twinings, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, SC Johnson, Warburtons, InBev, Kettle Chips, Hallmark, Luxottica, McCain, Britvic, General Mills, and Molson Coors to name but a few!

Michael Page Sales UK is part of Michael Page International with operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. As well as looking for high quality candidates for our clients, we are also always looking for top talent to work for us

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