Account Manager Engineering

Meridian Business Support Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus

Pension scheme

25 days annual leave

Job summary

Meridian Business Support Ltd is seeking an experienced Account Manager Engineering to oversee commercial relationships with major global OEMs in a highly regulated engineering environment. You will manage cradle-to-grave orders, coordinate with bid teams, and ensure compliance across credit control, export licenses, and internal procedures.

Daily duties include handling quotations, delivery commitments, and cost reduction activities, with regular customer reviews via Teams and occasional

Qualifications

• Degree education or equivalent experience, ideally within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in a technical environment with a mechanically engineered product.
• Excellent organisational, communication and people skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage commercial relationship with one or two major global OEMs in a regulated engineering setting.
• Cradle to grave order processing: handle enquiries, bid negotiations, and export the product.
• Coordinate with compliance for credit control, export licenses, HMRC and internal procedures.
• Communicate with customers on quotes, deliveries, cost reductions, and testing certifications.
• Lead regular customer reviews via Teams and on-site visits when needed.
• Produce weekly expedite reports using Oracle and MS Projects.
• Administer the client account including export diligence and credit control.

Skills

Key account management

OEM customer accounts

Regulated engineering environment

Stakeholder management

Excellent communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Oracle

MS Project

Job description

Account Manager Engineering

The Opportunity

If you're an experienced Key Account Manager within a highly regulated engineering environment then this is a fantastic opportunity for you! The Key Account Manager will oversee all orders and commercial business dealings with major customers across the world whilst developing relationships with those customers and internal stakeholders.

The Role

• Managing the entire commercial relationship with one or two major key global OEMs within a highly regulated engineering environment.
• Cradle to grave order processing: handling the initial enquiry and dealing with all associated written and verbal communication, working with the estimating team on the bid process and negotiating quotations, order processing over very technical products, and resolving all queries during production until the product is despatched and exported.
• Working with corporate departments to ensure compliance for credit control, export licenses, HM Revenue and Customers and internal procedures.
• Responsible for day-to-day communication with the customer relating to new and existing quotations, delivery commitments, cost reduction activities, timescales audits, testing compliance and certifications
• Regular meeting reviews with customer via Teams and face to face, which may involve the occasional visit on site with customers.
• Creating weekly expedite reports using Oracle and other MS Projects systems.
• General associated administration on the client account including export control diligence and credit control procedures.

Preferred Skills

• Previous experience of managing large OEM customer accounts/portfolios within a highly regulated engineering environment essential.
• Degree education or equivalent experience, ideally within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience of working in a technical environment, on a technical / mechanically engineered product.
• Excellent organisational, communication and people skills along with drive and resourcefulness.
• Capable of working under pressure to achieve set targets, strong time management skills.

Working Hours

8.00am-4.00pm Monday to Friday (potential for hybrid working)

Associated Benefits

Competitive salary in the region of £45-50000 depending on your experience and qualifications. A range of benefits including company bonus and an excellent pension scheme and 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays. Progression is encouraged, as is professional development.

Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.

Please note that this specific role may be subject to export control restrictions, including under ITAR. Any offer of employment from this particular company will be conditional on the successful candidate meeting the applicable legal requirements for access to controlled information or technology.

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