Global Account Manager, Asia Pacific

Haworth International; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading office furniture manufacturer is looking for a Global Account Manager in Singapore. This role focuses on increasing market share and customer loyalty by managing large accounts and developing strategic sales plans. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree and extensive experience in sales, preferably within Fortune 500 companies or the office furniture industry. This position requires excellent relationship management and negotiation skills to cultivate partnerships and drive growth.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in managing complex accounts, preferably for Fortune 500 companies.
• Minimum 5 years of senior sales experience in the office furniture or related industry.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop strategies for global accounts.
• Cultivate relationships with existing and potential clients.
• Coordinate negotiations of major account agreements.

Skills

Relationship management

Sales strategy development

Negotiation skills

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Public Relations, Design or similar

Job description

Job Purpose

Global Account Managers increase Haworth’s market share and long‑term customer loyalty through the retention, expansion, and business development, by developing, implementing, and monitoring strategies and action steps to achieve maximum Haworth global account expansion in Asia Pacific.

A glimpse of your daily mission

• Identify, prioritize, and develop strategies to secure large opportunities with global accounts and strategic alliance partners.

• Develop relationships with existing accounts and strategic alliance partners.

• Develop and execute unified collaborative account sales plans with local sales organization to achieve maximum client development and partnership within assigned accounts.

• Establish contact and develop relationships with senior and executive leaders at major customers, target accounts, and influencers with a focus on architect and designers, project management companies, real estate brokers and developers with regional reach.

• Coordinate negotiations of major account agreements and contracts, in conjunction with field sales and sales leaders, the Business Resource Center (BRC), contract development personnel and client procurement, as well as regional leaders, and appropriate corporate staff.

• Maintain corporate profile information, including key personnel, primary location information, and account activity by location of assigned accounts using designated customer relationship management system.

• Act as liaison between assigned accounts and Haworth in problem‑solving with respect to high quality service coordination.

• Coordinate with counterparts in Asia Pacific for global accounts.

• Maintain thorough understanding of current Haworth and competitive product lines and service offerings.

Your Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Public Relations, Design or a similar field.

• Experience in managing large complex accounts (preferably for Fortune 500 companies).

• Experience in the office furniture industry or a related industry required, including a minimum of 5 years of senior sales experience.

About Us

Haworth is one of the world's largest manufacturers of office furniture, providing solutions for tomorrow's customers worldwide. At the center of our work is the human being: What does a person need to work, what pushes them, motivate them and what makes people feel comfortable at work? Only if we can answer that question, we are able to introduce designs to our customers that will make them achieve their goals. To stay one step ahead, we invest in our own research, have a worldwide network of interesting partners and are part of think tanks around the world who are trying to think ahead. The family-owned company, headquartered in Holland, Michigan/United States, employs more than 8.000 people and is represented in more than 150 countries in Asia, Europe and America with subsidiaries and partners.