Client Director - New Business, French Speaking - UNITED KINGDOM

Park Lane Recruitment ·www.plr.ltd

Location Worldwide - Other, Worldwide - Other, United Kingdom
Type Full time
Level Director
Source Shazamme
Sales & Account Management
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Client Director (UK): New Business, French Speaking
 
- UNITED KINGDOM
 
Salary Details:
Annual Salary - £75,000 - £80,000 base plus commission
 
Role
  • Account Growth focused Client Directors manage our key accounts, including
    development of new opportunities within the account. Their mission is to build strategic
    relationships with clients, identify how they can achieve their business objectives by removing the
    barriers which may prevent them from doing so and identify other business areas or solutions that
    will help them take their business forward.
  • Reporting to the Sales Manager, the Account Growth Client Director is responsible for identifying
    and generating commercial opportunities that deliver on the strategy, meeting and
    exceeding their quota that feeds into the commercial target.
  • The role is to oversee a portfolio of assigned clients and develop new business within these accounts
    to deliver on the strategy, meeting and exceeding their quota that feeds into the
    commercial target. This includes developing strong relationships with clients, connecting with stakeholders and driving the lifecycle of our accounts. In this role, the Account Growth Client Director will liaise with cross-functional internal teams (including Sales Performance Consultants and Project Managers) to improve the entire client experience.
Objectives for the Account Growth role include:
  • Build and maintain strong, long-lasting client relationships. Develop trusted advisor status
    with key accounts and customer stakeholders..
  • Develop business with existing clients and/or identify areas of improvement to meet sales
    quotas. Progress towards activity targets and KPI's set by the Sales Manager.
  • Add value at all stages of the Buying Cycle and identify the potential value a client will gain
    from engaging further with us.
  • Educate existing clients and influence them to buy our strategic solutions within our 3D
    Advantage portfolio of products.
  • Clearly communicate the progress of monthly/quarterly initiatives to internal and external
    stakeholders
  • Forecast and track client growth opportunities through implementation of account plans.
    Utilize strategic agility to identify and solve problems for specific client business issues.
  • Negotiate contracts and close agreements to maximize profits and margin.
  • Build an account pipeline to ensure a constant stream of sales, utilise Salesforce to
    accurately forecast probability and revenue.
You
Experience:
  • Proven solutions/consultative sales experience
  • Fluent in French (required )
  • Experience in selling training and consultancy (desirable)
  • Proven ability to juggle multiple account management projects at a time, while maintaining sharp
    attention to detail
Competencies:
  • Thinks strategically about accounts and follows a regular cadence of planning, action and review.
    Asks and answers key questions about how to defend and grow the account.
  • Delivers game-changing insights for the customer around their current and future needs, and for
    the team around ways to protect and grow the account.
  • Shows proactivity and creativity in finding ways to overcome any obstacles they face. Highly
    resilient in the face of any setbacks and prepared to go the extra mile to achieve outstanding
    results.
  • Proactively maps the accounts and scans for threats and opportunities.
  • Has multiple trusted advisor relationships with senior customer stakeholders. Is highly credible
    when discussing their own business and the customer's. Highly reliable, managing both
    commitments and expectations
  • Communications: Outstanding verbal, written and formal presentation skills
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