Account Manager

Proactive Global; Windsor; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Proactive Global in Windsor, United Kingdom, is seeking an Account Manager to own day-to-day contact with a small portfolio of key customers and ensure delivery against commitments. The role emphasizes close collaboration with internal teams and proactive customer engagement.

You will plan orders from initial placement through to final shipment, coordinating with Buying, Stores, Production and Engineering to secure on-time delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience managing customer accounts within a manufacturing environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to connect with key stakeholders and nurture strong working relationships.
• Sound commercial awareness, including an understanding of how revenue and gross margin impact the business.
• Experience using MRP systems.
• A full, clean driving licence, as occasional travel to customer sites may be required.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day contact for your customers.
• Manage customer purchase orders and ensure requirements are captured accurately.
• Plan and coordinate orders through the manufacturing process from placement to final shipment.
• Work closely with Buying, Stores, Production and Engineering to ensure timely procurement and kit clearance.
• Maintain regular communication with Production and Engineering to monitor progress and resolve issues.
• Manage customer schedules and ensure delivery commitments are met.
• Provide customers with timely, accurate, proactive updates on product status.
• Identify potential issues early and take ownership of resolving them.
• Coordinate multiple customer requirements and projects with attention to detail.

Skills

Account management

Customer communication

Commercial awareness

Negotiation

Planning & coordination

Driving licence

Travel readiness

Tools

MRP systems

Job description

Account Manager

Location: Windsor

Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum

Employment Type: Full-time

The Role

This is a diverse, customer-facing position that plays a crucial role in our overall success.

As an Account Manager, you will be responsible for the day-to-day communication and management of a small number of key customers. While the customer portfolio is deliberately focused, each account requires a high level of ownership, effort and attention to detail.

Our customers are an extension of our business. As their manufacturing partner, we see ourselves as part of their shop floor. We work with approximately 20 customers, building deep, long-term working relationships with organisations that value a close and collaborative manufacturing partnership.

As an Account Manager, you will be one of the people our customers interact with most. You will therefore play a key role in delivering an exceptional customer experience and ensuring we consistently meet our commitments.

Key Responsibilities

You will take ownership of the planning and coordination of customer requirements from initial placement into the factory through to final shipment.

• Acting as the primary day-to-day point of contact for your customers.
• Managing customer purchase orders and ensuring requirements are accurately captured and communicated.
• Planning and coordinating customer orders throughout the manufacturing process, from initial factory placement through to final shipment.
• Working closely with the Buying team and Stores to ensure materials are procured and kits are cleared on time.
• Maintaining regular communication with Production and Engineering teams to monitor progress, manage priorities and resolve issues.
• Managing customer schedules and ensuring delivery commitments are understood and achieved.
• Providing customers with timely, accurate and proactive updates on the status of their products.
• Identifying potential issues early and taking ownership of resolving them before they impact the customer.
• Coordinating multiple customer requirements and projects while maintaining a high level of attention to detail.
• Ensuring customer expectations are managed effectively and that any changes to requirements, schedules or delivery dates are communicated promptly.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

The person we are looking for must be someone who shares our values and our commitment to our customers.

• Experience of managing customer accounts within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience managing new customer accounts would be advantageous.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to connect with key stakeholders and nurture strong working relationships with customers, suppliers and colleagues.
• Sound commercial awareness, including an understanding of how revenue and gross margin impact the business.
• Confidence to negotiate and influence decision-making with senior stakeholders.
• The ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities while remaining composed during challenging situations.
• Experience using MRP systems.
• A strong ability to plan and manage complex customer orders.
• Meticulous attention to detail, with the ability to sense-check commercial and operational data.
• A proactive, organised and solutions-focused approach.
• A full, clean driving licence, as occasional travel to customer sites may be required.

The Person

You will be a confident and professional communicator who enjoys building strong customer relationships and taking ownership of delivering results.

You will be comfortable working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, able to manage competing priorities and remain calm when challenges arise. Most importantly, you will understand that excellent customer service is built on communication, reliability, attention to detail and doing what you say you will do.

This is an opportunity to become a key part of a close-knit manufacturing operation, working with a small number of valued customers and developing relationships that go far beyond a traditional supplier/customer relationship.

Equal Opportunities

Proactive Global is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.

Proactive Global is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.