Account Manager - West Sussex - £30-35k
Reference: PrintMatch1760
As part of our clients' continued expansion and following significant investment in the business, they are now looking to recruit an experienced Account Manager to join their growing team.
You will ideally come from a print and direct mail background, and to succeed in this role you must be organised, efficient, have excellent attention to detail with the ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment to ensure customer’s high standards & needs are always met.
A ‘can do’ and ‘can I help’ attitude and willingness to involve yourself in all stages of a clients’ project is essential to succeed in this rewarding role.
Responsibilities…
- Maintain and grow relationships with existing clients on a regular basis, ensuring meaningful and timely communication.
- Working with clients in a proactive, consultative manner, delivering advice and solutions to their problems.
- Interpreting clients’ specifications and providing quotations in a timely manner or against pre-agreed SLA's
- Using an MIS system to accurately create works instructions, briefing internal teams and owning the projects from start to finish to ensure they are delivered on time and to budget.
- Liaising with multiple suppliers to source project related collateral, which involves requesting quotes, raising PO’s and placing orders.
- Accurate invoicing of all projects being managed
- Handling customer queries/complaints in a timely manner.
- Ensuring any client or inhouse monthly SLA’s & KPI’s are achieved
- Attending meetings with internal teams and clients as and where required.
- Providing cover for other members of the client services team
Skills/Experience
- Proven experience as an Account Manager with a sound knowledge of the print / direct mail industry
- Client focused
- Must have excellent attention to detail and the ability to interpret client specifications, briefs & artwork.
- Knowledge of postal services & DSA providers (beneficial)
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Good IT and computer skills
If you have a strong print background in account management and also ideally exposure to direct mail, we would love to hear from you!
Alternatively, we have a number of other vacancies we are currently dealing with across various categories that include: Account Manager, Account Executive, Account Director, Project Manager, Production Manager, Estimator, Buyer, Sales Manager, Sales Executive. Call us on any of the following numbers: 01279 730801 - 07538 088621 - 07538 088625