Account Manager

Account Manager
£32,400 – £36,000
Adapt Ref: 913198

Our client is looking to recruit a highly organised and professional Account Manager to join their team in Leeds City Centre. Ideally, you will be an Account or Project Manager with exposure to working within in a client-facing role. Your key responsibility will be to deliver excellent service and develop strong and productive relationships with key clients across the FMCG sector .

As Account Manager you will:

* Be responsible for effective Project Management from planning to delivery on a short-medium-long term basis within agreed guidelines
* Deliver quarterly reviews to encourage client feedback, highlight key achievements and identify new opportunities
* Plan your workload accordingly
* Have a complete understanding of the 7 Gate Process to aid in the education of internal and external stakeholders
* Inform any relevant stakeholders of any delays during the 7 Gate Process
* Be able to demonstrate basic technical knowledge in all major printing processes and reprographics
* Run the RG Report accurately, taking sole responsibility for all content
* Attend design brief and handover meetings, weekly catch up meetings, quarterly supplier meetings and category huddles, events and in-store reviews
* Demonstrate excellent brand knowledge of your client, conducting regular in-store reviews and competitor analysis,
* Ensure quality and consistency across categories and brand
* Develop positive and productive relationships with your client through secondments, shadowing key contact, and category huddles
* Engage with your key client by assisting with the education of suppliers, attending supplier meetings and reviews, and category reporting to identify suppliers who need further education
* Recognise opportunities to educate further and expand business
* Be an ambassador for the brand and business.

This is an excellent opportunity to work within a successful creative organisation. Ideally, you will have exposure to working in a client-facing role in an FMCG branding environment. You will be proactive, positive and enthusiastic in your attitude and be keen to succeed.

To succeed in this varied Account Manager role you will:

* Be a Graduate with relevant experience, or a non-graduate with considerable marketing or graphics experience
* Have exposure to working with high profile clients and FMCG brands
* Have previously worked in a client-facing role
* Be computer literate and proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint
* Have excellent written and verbal communication skills at all levels
* Demonstrate a ‘can do’ attitude, and be proactive, confident and positive in your work
* Be a great problem solver
* Have a good level of commercially aware
* Always take full ownership of your tasks and responsibilities
* Be well-organised with great attention to detail
* Be a team player with an approachable and flexible attitude
* A full, clean licence would be of benefit as travel may be required.

If you have the skills and experience outlined above, please contact us immediately to be considered. Without the above skills and without related client facing experience, your application will not be considered and you need not apply.

Due to the amount of response we receive, unfortunately we are not able to give feedback to individuals, if you have not heard back within 7 days please assume that you have not been successful for the role you have applied for.