Account Manager April start
Location: Blackburn, Lancashire
Type: Permanent Full Time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8am to 4.45pm, finish 12.30pm on Fridays. Hybrid - mix of working from home and one day a week in the office.
Salary: Starting at £26,250, rising to £27,300 after 6 months (Subject to KPIs achieved), rising to £28,350 after 12 months.
Benefits: 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 days in accordance with service, birthday leave, opportunity to purchase up to an additional 5 days holiday per year, contributory pension scheme, life insurance based on 4 x annual salary, annual CPD days and opportunities for career development and progression, modern facilities, family friendly policies, scope for hybrid working, free parking on and off site.
Our training provider is a large independent training provider based in Blackburn and is owned by the University of Central Lancashire. They have a heritage of over 50 years in Lancashire, delivering learning and development solutions and pride themselves on delivering excellence in learning and creating outstanding talent.
Are you a people person with a real passion for making a difference? Do you enjoy building and developing relationships? Would you like a role where you can give back and genuinely make a difference to people's lives every single day? Would you be interested in a career that offers an excellent work-life balance, as well as several company benefits?
As part of this exciting opportunity, you will engage with and be responsible for a variety of employers across the North West and on a national scale. These employers will provide high-quality apprenticeship opportunities, and it is your responsibility to act as their main point of contact, cross-selling our full offer and being on hand to support with any training requirements, upskilling needs, and to problem-solve. You will have lots of warm leads coming through, where you will make appointments to meet with employers to gain a full understanding of the training support they need.
The successful candidate will provide excellent customer service consistently, work closely with our operational departments, and achieve set KPIs across our Apprenticeships, Apprenticeship Preparation Programme, and commercial training. There will be an expectation to work with other departments to provide updates on all employer engagement activities.
Responsibilities include:
1. Being the point of contact for all customer account management matters by regularly holding face-to-face meetings with new and existing customers to discuss any account matters, including issues arising, future needs, concerns, or queries.
2. Providing responsive customer service to new and existing clients by responding to any customer contact enquiries through email, phone, or meetings in a timely manner.
3. Maintaining and growing existing client relationships, which in turn will help develop new business leads by upselling and cross-selling our client's offer.
4. Managing pipeline and opportunities for both Apprenticeship and Commercial sales against agreed KPIs.
5. Providing weekly updates on reporting of sales results against target. Building and maintaining strong customer relationships by providing information, advice, and guidance on all Apprenticeships, Traineeships, and Commercial training to maximize business income and opportunities. Building and maintaining strong working relationships with key stakeholders and customers by gaining a robust knowledge of the marketplace and identifying any business growth opportunities/programmes within both existing and new markets.
To Apply for the Account Manager role in Blackburn, Lancashire, please email your CV to.
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