Location : South Europe (Madrid office, Hybrid)
Role Responsibilities : Relationships :
- Manage and develop relationships with key stakeholders in the buyer organisations.
- Support the buying organisations (more than one, mid-tier accounts) to increase penetration in these organisations, including helping buyers that do not actively use the platform.
- Be a customer advocate and drive buyer engagement.
- Track and ensure resolution of any service problems or issues highlighted by the customer.
- Resolve issues escalated by Inside Sales Executives.
- Support Key Account Managers to coordinate local relationships.
Revenue :
- Cross-sell and upsell additional products which could add additional value to the customer.
- Leverage relationships to support growth broadening and deepening of account penetration in other geographies and sectors across geographies and products.
- Create and maintain detailed account plans and deliver against them.
- Work with community managers to ensure growth of community revenue base as well as with key account managers for large satellite offices for the key accounts.
Retention :
- Ensure that capabilities, products, and services are being leveraged to best effect to provide value to the customer (leverage analytics where relevant).
- Manage proactively the Buyer renewal process including supporting negotiations and contracting.
- Ensure reasons for deciding not to renew are understood, mitigated if possible and fed back to relevant stakeholders.
Campaigns :
- Deliver and support buyer sponsored campaigns.
- Initiate kick-off workshops and track & report progress, working in partnership with the customer to resolve escalations.
- Co-ordinate internal teams to achieve desired customer outcomes.
Drive & Motivation :
- Addresses multiple demands without losing focus or energy.
- Increases efforts in the face of difficulties or obstacles and recovers quickly after setbacks.
- Remains calm and focused during stressful or challenging situations; concentrates only on things they can control or influence.
- Encourages others during challenging times with their positive, can-do attitude.
- Have a firm grasp of organisational politics within customers’ organisations and manages these effectively to gain positive results.
- Successfully employs more than one influencing strategy or tactic when trying to persuade others.
- Effectively employs bold, unusual or dramatic steps to persuade and convince others.
- Rehearses or role-plays conversations or presentations to get feedback on their intended approach.
- Anticipates the effect of their approach on others.
- Overcomes objections and resistance by demonstrating their case.
Customer Focus :
- Shows a clear understanding of the different customers and their needs.
- Works collaboratively with customers to establish expectations and needs and agree service delivery levels.
- Treats all customers as individuals and takes pride in delivering a personalised, high-quality service.
- Brings people together from different teams to address barriers to excellent customer service.
- Uses communication styles that are appropriate to the needs and interests of customers and stakeholders.
Achieving Results :
- Delivers results and meets or exceeds targets, all within agreed deadlines.
- Is accountable for own area.
- Engages in the team planning process by proactively setting personal (and / or team) objectives.
- Identifies opportunities to improve the way work is organised and flows within the team.
- Creates systems or processes by which help the team work more efficiently and cost-effectively.
- Spots opportunities to reduce or manage costs more effectively within their area.
- Takes account of stakeholders needs and translates goals into practical, efficient and effective operational plans.
Supporting Colleagues :
- Actively participates in knowledge sharing and cross-functional networking groups.
- Sets up systems and processes by which useful information or intelligence can be shared.
- Makes appropriate information and knowledge available promptly to those who have a need.
- Recognises and capitalises on the opportunities and knowledge presented by the diversity across different teams.
Ideal Experience :
- Consultative selling preferred but not required.
- Formal account management practices, eg. stakeholder mapping, account planning, forecasting preferred but not required.
- Negotiation skills preferred but not required.
- Fluent in Spanish and English preferred but not required, additional languages beneficial.
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