Key Account Manager

Salary: £84,000 – £96,000 per year

Are you a highly experienced Key Account Manager, with success running a high-profile account and utilising a team behind to help support and grow relationships?

Advanced Supply Chain have an exciting opportunity for a skilled Key Account Manager with a strong understanding of the retail sector to join the team, based across the Midlands. You will join us on a full time, permanent basis and in return, you will receive a highly competitive salary and a brilliant benefits package.

Advanced are a highly innovative, technology-led business across the UK and internationally and we are growing year on year. This role will be all about you showcasing your great leadership skills, taking complete ownership of the creative and strategic direction from key clients and passing this on to others within our Account and Commercial team. Our Key Account Manager will be an individual who shares our passion for technology and displays our values daily through our customer-first approach, being agile across the marketplace to help find the best solutions possible for our key client.

Roles and responsibilities of our Key Account Manager include:

• Managing the processing of import consignments in line with an agreed standard operating procedure, ensuring the achievement of internal Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Monitoring the profitability of your allocated accounts, seeking opportunities to increase the profitability and the GP/TEU performance of your allocated customers
• Managing all Customs processes necessary for the import of shipments by sea or air for your allocated customers, managing the collection of VAT/Duty payments in line with company policy and procedures
• Making occasional visits to allocated customers as part of a review process or in response to a customer request
• Maintaining a high level of understanding of your customers’ business, being able to suggest and deliver initiatives that will benefit those customers and assist in the longer-term retention of them
• Visiting the key Advanced sites across the UK and internationally to meet key members of the team you speak with daily

Skills & experience required of our Key Account Manager:

• E-Com experience is essential for this role
• Strong awareness of import/export sea freight operations
• A thorough understanding of how logistics and the wider operation work is desirable
• A high level of business and commercial acumen
• A high drive to deliver excellent customer service

What you will get in return as our Key Account Manager:

In return, you will receive a competitive salary, bonus scheme incentive, as well a 25% ASOS discount code and access to Reward Gateway giving you access to the company cycle to work scheme, discounts off supermarket and high-street retailers such as Curry’s, River Island, Boots & much more!

If you would like to be considered for our Key Account Manager position then please click ‘Apply’ now – we’d love to hear from you!