Client Partner

Merkle Nederland; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Career growth opportunities

Dynamic work environment

Excellent development opportunities

Job summary

Merkle is seeking a Client Partner to own day-to-day client relationships and all delivery elements, including strategic vision implementation and achieving financial targets. You will engage senior executives and SMEs, lead cross-functional teams, and drive growth across complex engagements.

The role requires 8+ years in digital consultancy with strong leadership and budgetary skills. You will work from our Amsterdam or Rotterdam offices, collaborating across the dentsu network to deliver

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in a digital agency or consulting environment.
• Experience across a broad spectrum of digital consulting, including strategy, technology advisory, development, and design.
• Strong relationship and client management skills.
• Experience in account planning and strategic development.
• Ability to lead both internal and client-facing teams.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to develop and manage budgets, forecasts, and pro forma models.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including presentations and client engagement.

Responsibilities

• Owns the day-to-day client relationship and delivery against financial targets.
• Manages growth and evolution of multiple client relationships including advisory services and large-scale deployments.
• Leads cross-functional teams to deliver value and ensure quality in a matrix organization.
• Engages with executives and manages client expectations to uncover cross-sell opportunities.
• Plans and forecasts revenue growth to achieve net revenue and margin targets.
• Develops account plans and strategies to expand the client portfolio.
• Onboards new client relationships and mentors team members for growth.

Skills

Client management

Relationship building

Strategic development

Leadership

Budgeting & forecasting

Pro forma models

Communication

MS Office

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

The purpose of this role is to own the day-to-day client relationship and all elements of delivery. Including, implementation of the strategic vision for the client, delivery against the financial targets set and building a trusted relationship with the client.

Job Description:

The Client Partner is passionate about building and driving successful client relationships and can effectively engage with senior and executive-level clients, as well as technical specialists and subject matter experts (SMEs). In this role, Client Partners focus on high-quality delivery and execution to ensure client satisfaction and business growth.

Key Responsibilities

This individual manages the growth and evolution of multiple client relationships ranging from €2–6 million in annual net revenue and is capable of leading complex, multi-dimensional engagements involving advisory services, data management, consulting, and large-scale technology deployments. This person is a high-energy leader with the ability to grow client relationships by presenting new strategies and innovative ideas.

The Client Partner is experienced in leading teams of consulting professionals as well as multidisciplinary teams within a matrix organization. These individuals also possess strong operational acumen in managing their clients’ business to achieve financial targets.

• Proven track record of creating satisfied clients. Owns overall client satisfaction and the ongoing growth and evolution of client relationships by ensuring successful delivery of work and cultivating strong partnerships.
• Responsible for managing a portfolio of accounts.
• Provides leadership and direction to cross-functional teams focused on delivering value and ensuring quality. Also responsible for mentoring employees and creating opportunities for growth and development.
• Engages with executives, manages client expectations, reinforces value, and identifies cross-sell opportunities. Must be strategic in developing engagement approaches that build C-level relationships.
• Effectively manages all commercial aspects of the client relationship, including contracts, pricing, profitability, and internal revenue and profit forecasting.
• Accurately plans and forecasts revenue growth to achieve net revenue and margin targets.
• Directs team activities to ensure collaboration, partnership, and effective use of the company’s full range of resources to support the business.
• Engages regularly with senior-level client contacts across all areas of the client’s business, delivering a continuous stream of business-building ideas while gathering relationship and performance feedback.
• Develops and drives growth and account plans, processes, and strategies that improve results for clients while expanding the account portfolio.
• Continuously increases knowledge of the client’s business and industry, often serving as the client’s first-line consultant.
• Provides leadership and direction to client and capability teams, fully leveraging all direct and indirect resources to ensure optimal productivity, service, communication, and quality within a matrix environment for assigned clients.
• Effectively plans work, communicates changes, and resolves issues to ensure that both client and company commitments are fulfilled.
• Works closely with the growth team to develop proposal and presentation content and strategies for new business opportunities.
• Effectively onboards new client relationships.
• Proactively ensures a highly engaged team staffed with top talent. Hires, retains, develops, and motivates top-level talent that earns the trust and confidence of clients and becomes a key reason why clients choose to work with the company.
• Keeps up to date with industry trends and best practices to proactively sell fit-for-purpose solutions and innovative ideas.
• Fluent in English and Dutch.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in a digital agency or consulting environment.
• Experience across a broad spectrum of digital consulting, including strategy, technology advisory, development, and design.
• Strong relationship and client management skills.
• Experience in account planning and strategic development.
• Ability to lead both internal and client-facing teams.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to develop and manage budgets, forecasts, and pro forma models.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including presentations and client engagement.
• Ability to multitask and thrive in a fast-changing environment.
• Strong attention to detail with a proven ability to meet high expectations consistently.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

What We Offer

• A challenging role within a leading international organization.
• Coaching and personal guidance.
• Excellent development and career growth opportunities.
• A competitive salary with attractive secondary employment benefits.
• A dynamic and enjoyable work environment where hard work and teamwork go hand in hand with having fun together.

Where You’ll Work

You’ll join a talented, diverse team of professionals in our Amsterdam or Rotterdam office and work closely with our client’s teams. At Merkle, we are curious problem-solvers who thrive on collaboration, creativity, and making the impossible possible. We value initiative, celebrate individuality, and never forget to have fun along the way.

Merkle is a leading data-driven customer experience management (CXM) company, delivering personalized experiences across platforms and devices for top global brands. With deep expertise in data, technology, and analytics, Merkle helps clients unlock powerful consumer insights and build hyper-personalized experiences.

As part of the dentsu network, Merkle operates in 145 markets with over 65,000 employees worldwide. In the Netherlands, our 150+ experts work with clients like Albert Heijn, Vattenfall, Odido, and VodafoneZiggo. We’re proud partners of Google, Adobe, Salesforce, and Selligent.

Diversity and Inclusion

At dentsu, we believe in the power of diversity. We welcome all applications regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, race, colour, nationality, religion, sex, or sexual orientation.